Around 2:55 a.m., Friday November 1, while many people were celebrating a Halloween evening in the Le Seven nightclub in Saint-Péray (Ardèche), a hooded individual dressed in black fired several shots in the direction of the establishment's queue in which there were nearly 800 people.
Nicolas Dumas, a young 22-year-old Rugby player from the RC Romans-Péage club, who came to party with his friends, died from his injuries the next day in hospital. “Nicolas was going out with his friends to have fun,” Gwladys, his mother, told RTL. And to continue: “We are a broken familywe are heartbroken, we have lost our son, our pillar. My children lost their big brother.”
Two men in their twenties, including the possible shooter, were arrested in the south of France. “That comforts us. We thank the police who did a great job. We would not have believed that they would be arrested so quickly,” said the mother. For her, “They will pay for the murder of my son. They will pay, and we will not give up”.
Gwladys expressed his “anger”. “We can’t do things like that. We are no longer in the time of westerns where we carry around with Colts on our belts and shoot into the crowd like that, for free,” she added.
“Very important that we pay tribute to my son”
Wednesday, November 6, in the afternoon, a white march will take place. It will leave from Place Paulin Pailherey at 3 p.m. to reach the Donnadieu stadium. It is also within the RCRP, and in this same stadium, that the young Thomas played, killed during a ball in Crépol (Drôme) in November 2023. “This white march is very important. It's my son Lucas who organizes it. Rugby is a very big family“, Gwladys testified.
For her, “we really have people around us, family, blood family and we have the rugby family who doesn't let us down, who is there every day. We also have the mayor who supports us We have a lot of support.”
“It is very important that we pay tribute to my son and that his joy of life continues to shine”added the mother. “We are holding on, we are strong. Because Nicolas was strong, strong. He carried us all the time. For him, I want him to have the best, because he was the best son than a mother can have.” And to conclude: “My son Lucas, at the age of 18, supports us, makes decisions and does everything to pay tribute to his brother. We really want to pay tribute to him, so that he did not leave for nothing. “
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