- New Orleans reported a mass casualty event on Bourbon Street.
- Police said a vehicle may have plowed into a group of people and there are reported deaths.
- The city’s public safety body told people to get away from the area.
New Orleans’ public safety body on Wednesday warned of a mass casualty event in the heart of the city’s party district.
NOLA Ready, the city’s emergency preparedness campaign, wrote on X that “there has been a mass casualty incident on Canal and Bourbon Street. Get yourself away from the area.”
A New Orleans Police spokesperson told CBS News that “initial reports show a car may have plowed into a group of people. Injuries are unknown but there are reported fatalities.”
A witness told CBS that a truck drove into the crowd at Bourbon Street at high speed and that the driver got out and started firing a weapon, with the police firing back.
The eyewitness said there were multiple people on the ground with injuries.
Bourbon Street, in the city’s French Quarter, is a famous party destination known for drinking and revelry.