Authorities arrest man suspected of planning mass shooting at New Orleans festival

Authorities say a man suspected of planning a mass shooting at a large New Orleans festival was arrested at a Florida hotel with a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

The event was not named, but the New Orleans jazz and heritage festival, commonly known as JazzFest, runs from Thursday through 3 May. The gathering celebrates Louisiana’s music, food and culture, and attracted about 460,000 people last year, organizers said.

The suspect, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was wanted “by the Department of Public Safety for terroristic threats”, the Okaloosa county sheriff’s office posted online on Thursday. It said federal authorities