National Guard soldiers arrested a man on New Year’s Day after he approached them with a knife near a Bourbon Street intersection.
The incident occurred at 4:49 a.m. on Thursday near the intersection of Bourbon and Iberville streets, when 61-year-old Dwayne Walker approached the National Guard soldiers holding a knife, according to the NOPD.
The NOPD said the soldiers were able to successfully disarm Walker before arresting him.
Walker is described as “unhoused,” or homeless, and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on suspicion of aggravated assault on a police officer, the NOPD said.