Cell phone store on Louisiana Avenue robbed at gunpoint, police say

A cell-phone store on Louisiana Avenue was robbed at gunpoint late last week, New Orleans police said.

A man with a gun entered the Metro PCS store in the 1700 block of Louisiana Avenue around 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, and “demanded money from the clerk,” according to the initial NOPD report. “The clerk complied and handed the subject cash and six cell phones. The subject put the items in a Metro PCS bag then fled the location on foot southbound on Baronne, right on Delachaise then unknown.”