Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 03/05/2021
Location : 535 Tchoupitoulas Street
City : New Orleans
County : Orleans
State : Louisiana
Agency : New Orleans Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during armed standoff
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 03/05/2021, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) responded to a report of an armed individual inside the Old No. 77 Hotel at 535 Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Police alleged the individual was involved in a hit-and-run incident in Jefferson Parish earlier that day and was reportedly armed and suicidal.
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Police escalated a seven-hour standoff, and the NOPD activated its SWAT team to assist. At around 9:15 PM, after a prolonged period under siege, police deployed a robot to breach the room. The man was found dead on the bathroom floor with an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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The incident was investigated by the New Orleans Police Department.
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DATE OF UPDATE: 12/25/2024
SOURCE LINKS :
1. https://wgno.com/news/crime/breaking-swat-roll-called-on-barricaded-subject-in-central-business-district/
2. https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/swat-team-deployed-to-hotel-in-downtown-new-orleans/289-b5ed60cb-46fe-4979-aa62-a4dbe46c5ab2
