7-hour standoff ended at CBD hotel with the suspect dead of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Around 2:45 p.m, NOPD said they received a call that a hit and run suspect was at the hotel and responded. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 11:31 PM CST March 5, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — A suspect is dead after a standoff with New Orleans police and SWAT team Friday, at the Old No 77 hotel on Tchoupitoulas Street Around 2:45 p.m, NOPD said they received a call that a hit and run suspect was at the hotel and they responded. When police got there they knocked on the suspect's door, the man opened it with the latch still on and NOPD said they saw a gun and called SWAT.