Five teenagers gunned down in most violent crime since Katrina hit New Orleans

FIVE teenagers aged between 16 and 19 were killed in a street shooting in New Orleans — the most violent crime reported in the slowly repopulating city since Hurricane Katrina hit last August.

All were believed to have been gunned down in a volley of bullets on a street in the Central City neighbourhood just outside the business district.

Three of the victims were found in a four-wheel drive vehicle rammed against a lamp post and two were found nearby on the street.