- 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 local news station, WWLTV, reported unconfirmed figures of 10 deaths and 26 injuries.
Its reporter cited the information to an investigator at the scene, and cautioned that the figures were preliminary.
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.
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