This looks like a new episode in the turf war waged by drug traffickers in the Almont district of Melun. Rue Crevoulin, at the bottom of this neighborhood, two men who were chatting in a car were “targeted by eight hooded individuals, who appeared in two vehicles on Wednesday around 12:15 a.m.,” according to the public prosecutor of Melun. , Jean-Michel Bourlès. The latter opened fire and hit one of the two occupants of the car in the leg, before disappearing. Emergency services quickly transported him to hospital, but it appears that his life-threatening condition is not in danger. An investigation is opened, led by the interdepartmental judicial police service. Shell casings were found nearby.
These facts are reminiscent of an attack that occurred on December 13 around 10 p.m. Sitting on the passenger side in a car parked on Boulevard de l'Almont, a man was shot on his right leg by an individual whose accomplice had opened the vehicle door. Then the two fled. A violent attack which clearly sounded like a warning. The victim, aged 25, was transported to La Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital with a life-threatening prognosis. Since then, his condition has improved. An investigation immediately opened led to the finding of 9 mm cases nearby.
The escalation continued on the night of January 4 to 5 with assault rifle bullets landing in three condominiums in the neighborhood, in the homes of people who had nothing to do with the trafficking. According to investigators, around thirty 5.56 caliber cartridges were fired. Some bullets ended up in a sort of pantry or laundry room. The third apartment affected was located on the 9th floor of the Verlaine condominium, but was, fortunately, unoccupied, the elderly lady who resided there having gone to live in a nursing home.