Three dead in shooting

TWO armed individuals walked up to a crowd gathered on Saturday evening outside a strip mall in New Orleans and opened fire, killing three people and wounding seven more.

The shooting happened on a busy thoroughfare about 5km from the French Quarter.

Police chief Michael Harrison said the two suspects, believed to be wearing hoodies, had a rifle and a handgun and appeared to have fired indiscriminately into the crowd, striking 10 people before fleeing.

Police found three victims – two men and one woman.