one of the seven victims died

The events took place at a busy time. This Monday, December 23, around 11:30 p.m., a shooting broke out inside the Lamparo, a busy establishment in downtown Ajaccio (Southern Corsica).

Seven people were injured by gunfire. Four of them were treated by emergency services and three went to the emergency room of Notre-Dame de la Miséricorde hospital on their own.

This Tuesday, December 24 in the morning, one of the victims – a man in his thirties – died from his injuries after undergoing surgery during the night.

The shooter still on the run

According to our information, the shots were fired inside the bar. They were followed by a crowd movement. According to several testimonies collected on site, the only shooter was not among the victims and would have fled.

“An individual who was at the Le Lamparo establishment in Ajaccio opened fire for a still undetermined reason against an individual who frequented the barconfirms the Ajaccio public prosecutor, Nicolas Septe. The investigation, opened on the grounds of attempted assassination then reclassified as assassination, was entrusted to the DIPN 2A (interdepartmental direction of the national police of Corsica-du-Sud, editor’s note). At this stage numerous investigations are underway to find the perpetrator. The idea of ​​a private dispute that occurred within the establishment between the perpetrator of the shots and the deceased victim is currently the theory favored by the investigators, although no other idea can be excluded from the investigation. straight away.”

While the first rumors of the killer's surrender are circulating, the prosecution denies this information: “No arrests have taken place at the moment but all means are being used by the judicial police to apprehend the perpetrator”assures Nicolas Septe.

The mayor of Ajaccio confides his “feeling of horror”

On his X account, the mayor of Ajaccio, Stéphane Sbraggia, proclaimed his “deep feeling of horror and anger” after this tragedy which upset the many customers of the establishment present at the time of the shots.

Already on November 15, the manager of this establishment was shot in the ankle, near his business, by a 20-year-old young man who was arrested and imprisoned ten days later.