A man is in custody after a Halloween crime spree that allegedly included a failed carjacking and an armed robbery in a Canal Street convenience store, where he took a woman hostage and engaged in a brief standoff with police before they shot him, according to NOPD.

The standoff began shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday, when investigators say suspect Emmanuel Harris, 54, approached an NOPD officer and pointed a weapon at several bystanders before entering the gas station and convenience store at the intersection of North Galvez and Canal Street.

The officer requested backup, and additional units — including members of the NOPD Special Operations Division, who were working nearby as part of Halloween patrols — responded, the NOPD said.

Harris had locked himself inside the store and appeare

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