a suspect was taken into police custody in Paris

The shooting, linked to drug trafficking according to authorities, left one dead and four injured.

A suspect in the shooting which left one dead and four injured, all minors, on Thursday in Poitiers, turned himself in to the police in Paris and is currently in police custody, the prosecution announced on Tuesday, November 5. “Checks are underway to confirm his identity and to verify whether he is indeed the person who was the subject of a search warrant issued by the Poitiers public prosecutor’s office”specified the public prosecutor in this city, Cyril Lacombe.

An investigation into attempted homicide has been opened, Cyril Lacombe said during a press briefing on Friday afternoon. The shooting was linked to drug trafficking, he confirmed: “The first elements of the investigation suggest that the shooter may have been involved in the sale of narcotics in the Couronneries sector in the preceding days.” A search took place Friday morning in Poitiers and “enabled the discovery of seven munitions” et “partial elements of a disassembled weapon”. The targeted accommodation “would have been occupied by a man whose identity is being identified”.

Commenting on the facts Friday morning on BFMTV, the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, wrongly declared that“a brawl between rival gangs” then opposed “several hundred people”. “The ‘narcoracailles’ no longer have limits (…) We are at a tipping point”he added. According to the police and the prosecutor's office, brief scuffles only involved a few dozen people among the crowd present and the police put an end to them quickly.