the seriously injured minor died

The teenager, seriously injured by a gunshot to the head during the shooting that occurred Thursday evening in Poitiers, died this Saturday, November 2 at midday, the Poitiers prosecutor, Cyril Lacombe, announced to the press. The 15-year-old boy was found by the police following gunshots reported on the terrace of a burger restaurant, in the Couronneries district.

Hospitalized in a state of absolute emergency, his vital prognosis was in jeopardy. Four other people were injured in this shooting which occurred in a priority area marked by drug trafficking. Two other teenagers were shot and treated by emergency services, one aged 16 in a shoulder, the other aged 15 in an ankle. They were taken care of by emergency services. Two other victims aged 16, with more minor injuries to the scalp and one foot, presented themselves directly to the hospital. One of these four victims was released from the hospital this Saturday morning, we learned Le Figaro from a source close to the case.

Eleven sockets “which would have been fired by a semi-automatic weapon of type 22 long rifle” were found near the restaurant, according to the prosecution. According to the Poitiers public prosecutor, the teenagers were all born in 2008 and 2009.

Manhunt for shooter

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said Friday that the shooting was followed by a “brawl between rival gangs which involved several hundred people” came to the scene, the prefect of Vienne Jean-Marie Girier then specifying that not all of them had participated in the fight. According to the police and the prosecutor's office, the scuffles only involved “50 to 60 people”dispersed using three tear gas grenades. Reinforcements from the gendarmerie intervened and calm was restored around 11:30 p.m.

Saturday morning, the situation was still calm in the Couronneries district, where the CRS8 was sent to carry out patrols during the night, according to a source close to the matter. The 100 police officers from CRS8 and CRS84 must stay at least until Sunday evening, specifies the same source at Figaro.

Two witnesses present on site were attacked “as being likely to know the identity of the shooter”a third person “being designated by the clamor as being able to know the latter”added the prosecutor. Shortly after the shooting, “the relatives of the brain dead victim went to look for an individual at his home to make him talk [et] find out who fired the shot and where he was.continues our source. “They then took the individual from his home to another apartment”we add, specifying that the police intervened “to interrupt what looks like sequestration”.