“I heard three shots”: a 28-year-old rapper shot dead in the elevator of his building

The events took place on December 19, rue Albert Varnet in Valence in Drôme at around 9:30 p.m.

The three suspects on the run

While he was in the elevator of his building, a 28-year-old man was killed by several bullets fired by three individuals in a Renault Clio. The three men then fled.

Several witnesses reported France Bluehaving heard the sound of a Kalashnikov type automatic weapon burst: “I heard three gunshots” declared a resident of the building in which the shots were fired to France Bleu.

According to our colleagues from France Bleu, the victim is the rapper Le R, known on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Wounded in the chest, he could not be resuscitated. He was known to the police for cases of violence and drug trafficking

An open investigation

The car used by the suspects was found burned on the Lautagne plateau in Valence, specifies the Dauphiné Libéré.

An investigation was opened and entrusted to police officers from the organized and specialized crime division of Drôme-Ardèche (DCOS 26-07).

According to the first elements, it would be a “settling of scores between rival gangs against a backdrop of drug trafficking”explains the city of Valencia to our colleagues, which indicates that it has mobilized all means of investigation “to establish the exact circumstances” of this murder.