“Members of the same family were victims of gunfire in their home”the Fort-de-France prosecutor’s office said at the end of the day on Monday.
“Two people died, including a 15-year-old minor, and four people were injured, three of whom were life-threatening; among them, three minors were counted”said the prosecution in a press release.
According to the police source, a four-year-old child and a nine-month-old infant are among the injured.
The events took place shortly before 10 p.m. local time on Sunday (3 a.m. Monday in Paris) in an apartment in the ZAC district of Rivière-Roche.
According to the first elements of the investigation, four people, arriving on site on a scooter, burst into an apartment in the Caribbean residence and opened fire on the occupants before fleeing.
A 15-year-old boy died on the spot and the young woman was taken to hospital, according to police sources and the prosecution.
A woman was found unharmed. The motive for the shooting was unknown at this point.
Twenty investigators are mobilized as part of this open investigation into murders and attempted murders by an organized gang and monitored by the prosecutor's office of the specialized interregional jurisdiction (Jirs) of Fort-de-France, indicated the prosecutor's office.
Since the start of the year, 23 people have died in Martinique following intentional homicides, including 16 by firearms, according to a report from the prosecution.
