Crescent City Connection reopens after shooting investigation snarls traffic to Westbank
The exact location of the incident is still under investigation, officials say
Updated: 5:19 PM CST Feb 22, 2024
THE CRESCENT CIT THE CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION IS REOPENED FOLLOWING A SHOOTING NEAR THE BRIDGE IN JUST MOMENTS AGO. NO NOPD TELLS US THE VICTIM IS IN THE HOSPITAL IN GRAVE CONDITION AFTER THEY INITIALLY WERE INVESTIGATING THIS AS A HOMICIDE. THE C.C.C. WAS CLOSED FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, CAUSING MAJOR DELAYS, SOURCES SAY THAT BULLET CASINGS WERE FOUND NEAR THE SCENE. WDSU REPORTER ELI BRAND JOINS US LIVE. ELI, THIS IS A VERY FLUID SITUATION. WHAT IS THE VERY LATEST? YEAH, VERY FLUID SITUATION. LIKE YOU JUST SAID, THIS IS NO LONGER A HOMICIDE. THAT PERSON NO LONGER DECLARED DECEASED. POLICE SAY THAT THAT VICTIM IS A 23 YEAR OLD BLACK MALE. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE BEING LISTED AS IN GRAVE CONDITION. THEY SAY THE SHOOTING. THE CALL CAME IN FOR IT JUST BEFORE 1245. THEY ALSO SAY IT HAPPENED RIGHT BEHIND WHERE I’M STANDING RIGHT NOW. I’M GOING TO SHOW IT TO YOU. WE’RE ON TCHOUPITOULAS STREET. THEY SAY IT WAS NEAR THIS EXIT RAMP ON TCHOUPITOULAS, HEADING UP ONTO THE CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION ON I 90 WEST. LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, THE BRIDGE IS OPEN, THE HIGHWAY IS OPEN. YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS FLOWING PRETTY WELL RIGHT NOW. GETTING THROUGH THERE, THERE. AS WE GET INTO RUSH HOUR RIGHT NOW AT 5:00, WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW TO THIS IS DRONE VIDEO. THAT DRONE SIX CAPTURED A LITTLE WHILE AGO. A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO OF THAT TRAFFIC WHEN IT WAS AT ITS HEIGHT. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW BAD IT IS, JUST HOW CONGESTED IT WAS WHEN IT WAS SHUT DOWN AS POLICE WERE DOING THEIR INVESTIGATION. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER PIECE OF VIDEO NOW WHERE YOU CAN SEE POLICE DOING THAT INVESTIGATION. A DRIVER THAT WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND SAW THE WESTBOUND LANE WHEN IT WAS STILL CLOSED. THOSE ARE POLICE OFFICERS. YOU SEE OVER THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD DOING THEIR INVESTIGATION. IT LOOKS LIKE TAKING PICTURES. SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THEIR CAR TO TRY AND DISCOVER EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AND THEY SAY RIGHT NOW THEY’RE STILL WORKING TO TRY AND DISCOVER EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WE SPOKE TO SOME DRIVERS AS THEY WHAT THEY SAW WHEN THEY WERE UP ON THE BRIDGE. I GOT OFF AT 2:00. I FELT LIKE I’M AT AT LEAST THE HOUR’S WORTH OF TRAFFIC, A LITTLE BIT PAST AN HOUR. I’M NOT EVEN ON MY WAY HOME YET. I’M RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON THE BRIDGE. IT’S LITERALLY AT A STANDSTILL LIKE NOBODY IS MOVING. ONCE AGAIN, THE WAY POLICE ARE FRAMING THIS RIGHT NOW, WHAT THEY SAY, EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS TRYING TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY THEY’RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP, TO HELP THEM TRY AND DO THAT RIGHT NOW. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL NOPD. THAT NUMBER. (504) 658-5300. OR YOU CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS ANONYMOUSLY. THAT NUMBER 504822 1111. AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, WE’LL BRING IT TO YOU HERE ON AIR AND ON OUR WEBSITE, WDSU.COM. BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE ON TCHOUPITOULAS STREET, ELI BRAND, WDSU NEWS. AND WHILE ELI FOLLOWS THE VERY LATEST AT THE SCENE, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THE TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE THIS IS CAUSING ACROSS THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT RED ON THE MAP. TWO HOURS. ALL TRAFFIC BEING DIVERTED NEAR THE DOWNTOWN SAINT CHARLES EXIT. IT LED TO BACKUPS ALL THE WAY OUT. ON 610 NEAR NEW ORLEANS EAST AND ALL THE WAY TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH LINE. YOU SEE ON THE TOP LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN. SO GIVE YOURSELF TIME. IF YOU ARE GOING ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW ON
Crescent City Connection reopens after shooting investigation snarls traffic to Westbank
The exact location of the incident is still under investigation, officials say
Updated: 5:19 PM CST Feb 22, 2024
Traffic heading towards the Westbank is now moving after an investigation was conducted into a shooting that happened near the Crescent City Connection Thursday afternoon. The New Orleans Police Department responded to reports of a shooting around 12:44 p.m. after a hospital contacted them with a gunshot wound victim. According to the NOPD, a 23-year-old man was shot on the incline near the Tchoupitoulas on ramp heading to the Westbank on the CCC.The man was taken to a Westbank hospital where they are in “grave condition,” according to police. This investigation was originally classified by NOPD as a homicide, but have changed the condition of the victim to serious. Numerous shell casings were reported at the scene, but it’s unclear at this time if the incident was a gun battle or if the suspect and victim were in the same car. NOPD investigators shut down US 90 at the St. Charles Ave exit westbound as they worked to determine the exact location of the crime scene. Investigators are also working to determine exactly what happened and why. All lanes of the bridge are now open but delays are still expected. NOPD is asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any other information about this shooting to contact NOPD at 504-658-5300 or Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111.
Traffic heading towards the Westbank is now moving after an investigation was conducted into a shooting that happened near the Crescent City Connection Thursday afternoon.
The New Orleans Police Department responded to reports of a shooting around 12:44 p.m. after a hospital contacted them with a gunshot wound victim.
According to the NOPD, a 23-year-old man was shot on the incline near the Tchoupitoulas on ramp heading to the Westbank on the CCC.
The man was taken to a Westbank hospital where they are in “grave condition,” according to police.
This investigation was originally classified by NOPD as a homicide, but have changed the condition of the victim to serious.
Numerous shell casings were reported at the scene, but it’s unclear at this time if the incident was a gun battle or if the suspect and victim were in the same car.
NOPD investigators shut down US 90 at the St. Charles Ave exit westbound as they worked to determine the exact location of the crime scene.
Investigators are also working to determine exactly what happened and why.
All lanes of the bridge are now open but delays are still expected.
NOPD is asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any other information about this shooting to contact NOPD at 504-658-5300 or Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111.