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A Louisiana National Guard worker near his work firearm wrong a Bourbon Street bath successful New Orleans' French Quarter, wherever helium had been connected patrol, CBS affiliate WWL reported, citing a National Guard spokesperson who confirmed the incident.
"The limb was returned to the Louisiana National Guard, and the worker and incidental are being handled internally," said Lt. Col. Noel Collins.
The limb appeared successful a photograph that surfaced connected societal media, which showed an AR-15 firearm leaning against a sink, according to WWL. It was taken wrong the Lafitte Hotel connected Bourbon Street, astatine the halfway of the French Quarter, aft a guardsman utilized the bath connected Sunday night.
CBS News has reached retired to the Louisiana National Guard for much information.
The guardsman who near his firearm down is among the 350 soldiers who were deployed to New Orleans by the Trump medication astatine the extremity of December. Under the bid of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, they person supported national and section instrumentality enforcement successful the metropolis since conscionable aft Christmas and are expected to stay determination done the extremity of February, according to the Louisiana National Guard. Their accomplishment came 1 twelvemonth aft a terror attack during a New Year's Eve solemnisation connected Bourbon Street killed 14 people.
Local residents said they were acrophobic erstwhile they saw the photograph of the guardsman's rifle. Bob Simms, who lives successful the French Quarter and co-founded a vicinity task unit that aims to trim transgression and summation information successful the area, called it an unfortunate mistake.
"These guardsmen are present for an extended play of clip and they're moving many, galore hours a day," Simms told WWL. "So, it's a mistake. It's a pity it happened but mistakes happen."
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