Three days after the death of a young Rugby player, injured in a shooting outside a nightclub near Valence, the suspected shooter was arrested in a city in the northern districts of Marseille. A second individual was arrested in Cavaillon.
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The alleged perpetrator of the shooting which fatally injured Nicolas, a 22-year-old rugby player, and left two injured, in Ardèche, on the night of Thursday to Friday was arrested Monday, November 4, by the BAC on a point of deal in the city of Bricarde, in the northern districts of Marseille, we learned from a police source. The suspect, aged 10, is in possession of Italian identity papers, reports France Bleu Provencewhich specifies that he is unknown to the Police services under this identity.
A second individual, aged 23, was arrested at his home in Cavaillon by ten police officers from the Organized and Specialized Crime Division (DCOS) from Valencia, who came in four vehicles. According to France Bleu, ithe young man is already known for drug cases, he is suspected of complicity with the shooter.
The two suspects were placed in police custody, they are being prosecuted for murder and attempted murder in an organized gang and criminal association, the same source said.
The shooting, believed to be linked to a drug case, broke out on Friday around 2:30 a.m. in the parking lot in front of the “Seven” in Saint-Peray, near Valence, where young people were waiting to enter for a Halloween party. According to the Dauphiné Libéréthe latter were targeted by a shooter, face masked by a balaclava, armed with a handgun who fled after shooting.
Nicolas, rugby player at the Romans-Péage Rugby Club was shot in the head, he died on Saturday afternoon at Valence hospital where he was admitted in absolute emergency. Two other people, a 22-year-old customer and a 25-year-old security guard, were slightly injured.
