New Orleans: 3 dead, 7 injured after gunmen open fire on crowd

Two armed individuals walked up to a crowd gathered Saturday evening outside a strip mall in New Orleans and opened fire, killing three people and wounding seven more, the police chief said. The shooting happened on a busy thoroughfare about 4.83 kms from the French Quarter, police said. Police chief Michael Harrison told reporters the two suspects believed to be wearing hoodies had a rifle and a handgun. He said they appeared to have fired indiscriminately into the crowd, striking ten people. (AP)