NEW ORLEANS — NOPD officers Friday were engaged in a standoff involving a suspect barricaded in their home after federal agents tried to serve a warrant to the occupant of a Seventh Ward home.
Police set up a perimeter near the 2000 block of N. Rocheblave Street after U.S. Marshals tried to serve a warrant at a home on that block for a violent crime. Authorities have not said what crime the warrant was issued for.
That suspect refused to come out when federal agents first knocked around 5:30 a.m., leading to the ongoing standoff.
The perimeter around that standoff stretches around approximately one residential block:
- North Rocheblave Street to Annette Street.
- Annette Street to North Dorgenois Street.
- North Dorgenois Street to Allen Street.
- Allen Street to North Rocheblave Street.
As of 12:30 p.m. Friday, at least seven marked NOPD units were at the house.
NOPD officials are asking people to avoid the area if possible.
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