Three Dead and Seven Injured in New Orleans Shooting.
A manhunt is underway in New Orleans for two suspects accused of killing three people and injuring seven others, the city's police chief, Michael Harrison, said.
The suspects, who police say were wearing hoodies, fired a long rifle and a handgun into a crowd Saturday night outside a business in the 3400 block of Claiborne Avenue, about three miles from the French Quarter.
Harrison said the suspects approached the victims from behind and fired multiple rounds "indiscriminately."
"This is an extremely tragic incident," he told reporters.
Two men and a woman died at the scene, and several others were injured, police said in a statement.
The injured -- five men and two women -- were taken to several hospitals in the area, police added.
One injured victim was in critical condition Sunday morning, officials said.
Police asked the community to share any information they may have about the shooting.
"This was a large crowd and we know that people saw something, heard something," Harrison said. "We need them to know that they can trust us and come to us."
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement that authorities will focus "every resource necessary to ending this horror and seeing justice done."
"There is no place in New Orleans for this kind of violence. I speak for everyone in our City when I say we are disgusted, we are infuriated, and we have had more than enough," Cantrell said. "Three more lives — gone. It has to end. This happened near my neighborhood, on the edge of Broadmoor. It's unacceptable anywhere."
A manhunt is underway in New Orleans for two suspects accused of killing three people and injuring seven others, the city's police chief, Michael Harrison, said.
The suspects, who police say were wearing hoodies, fired a long rifle and a handgun into a crowd Saturday night outside a business in the 3400 block of Claiborne Avenue, about three miles from the French Quarter.
Harrison said the suspects approached the victims from behind and fired multiple rounds "indiscriminately."
"This is an extremely tragic incident," he told reporters.
Two men and a woman died at the scene, and several others were injured, police said in a statement.
The injured -- five men and two women -- were taken to several hospitals in the area, police added.
One injured victim was in critical condition Sunday morning, officials said.
Police asked the community to share any information they may have about the shooting.
"This was a large crowd and we know that people saw something, heard something," Harrison said. "We need them to know that they can trust us and come to us."
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement that authorities will focus "every resource necessary to ending this horror and seeing justice done."
"There is no place in New Orleans for this kind of violence. I speak for everyone in our City when I say we are disgusted, we are infuriated, and we have had more than enough," Cantrell said. "Three more lives — gone. It has to end. This happened near my neighborhood, on the edge of Broadmoor. It's unacceptable anywhere."