The two men do not seem at all concerned by the drug trafficking which is raging in Villejean. No, the two men hit by gunfire on Saturday on the Kennedy slab in Rennes appear to be the victims of stray bullets fired in bursts from automatic weapons. Around 8 p.m., the two men were hit by heavy gunfire from people traveling in cars.
The vital prognosis of one of the two men, a Scotsman (and not an Irishman as mistakenly written) in his fifties, had been uncertain for a while, according to several sources. According to the public prosecutor Frédéric Teillet, the man was indeed hit in the chest and leg and hospitalized but his vital prognosis is not engaged.
A total of 24 shell casings scattered
At his side, a man of Tibetan nationality had been grazed by a bullet, which passed through his pants “without touching the leg”, assures the prosecutor. A total of 24 9mm shell casings were discovered at the scene. “Impacts were also noted at height on the annexed town hall building and on the tobacco bar,” specifies the magistrate. So far, no arrests have taken place. The investigation was entrusted to the Organized and Specialized Crime Division (DCOS, the former PJ) and the Rennes Territorial Crime Division.
The previous weekend, shots had already echoed in broad daylight on Sunday on the Kennedy slab, a pedestrian esplanade very popular with residents and metro users. A dozen shell casings were found. A probable war of intimidation between rival gangs vying for this particularly profitable deal point. But as the video surveillance cameras are unusable, it will undoubtedly be very complicated to find the shooters.
