Emotions are high in Lorscourt (Doubs) after a 54-year-old man was shot several times, in the middle of the street, while driving his car on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The entire scene was filmed by video surveillance cameras . It is unknown whether the shooter could be identified.
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Nothing filters. But the investigation is progressing, that's for sure. Paul-Edouard Lallois, the public prosecutor, announces that he will hold a press conference this Thursday at the end of the day in Montbéliard to “a complete point” on the investigations.
This Tuesday, November 5, 2024, around 2:30 p.m., a 54-year-old man was coldly “executed” by bullets, while he was behind the wheel and maneuvering with his car, in front of several businesses in Lorscourt (Doubs). The shooter fled and was still “actively sought” in the evening by the police. The case was entrusted to the local judicial police department at the Montbéliard police station.
Montbéliard.
On the municipality's video surveillance cameras, “we see this man already armed, who goes up to the victim, brandishes his weapon and, in a very cold manner, fires several shots”indicated the magistrate on site, who opened an investigation for “assassination”.
“I heard a first detonationconfirms this witness to the scene to France 3 Franche-Comté. Apparently that's where the car window broke. I saw a man holding another man at gunpoint. Then he shot him three times. The one who was injured went back in one direction, the other got back into his car quietly.”
Mortally affected, the fifty-year-old was still able to leave. He then hit another vehicle driven by a 50-year-old woman, who was slightly injured, according to firefighters, before stopping on a sidewalk. In a video taken just after the collision between the two cars, and broadcast on social networks, we see a crowd around the victim, who collapsed a few meters from his vehicle.
This Wednesday, the small town of less than 6,000 inhabitants, located near the Swiss border, is in shock. “We feel bad”admits this passerby interviewed by France 3 Franche-Comté. “It’s still scary everything that happens”adds another.
“It's extremely shocking, yes, reacts Emmanuelle Cordier, departmental delegate of the police union UN1TÉ. These are things we didn't see before. It's getting more and more violent, there have never been so many shots fired.” The trade unionist who wants to stay despite everything “prudent” on the facts. “The investigation is ongoing and we do not yet know the exact nature of this settling of scores.”
“This shows that weapons circulate everywhere under the radar and that people no longer hesitate to use them to solve their problems, whatever the reason, also deplores Christophe Dlongville, the secretary of the Alliance Police union in Doubs, and himself a police officer in Montbéliard. It's not for lack of warning! The police were the first to sound the alarm. We have lost control over the circulation of weapons in our country as we have lost control over many other things. The Pays de Montbéliard is no exception.”
According to our information, this murder is not linked to drug trafficking. Investigators are reportedly exploring a lead in “the family sphere”.
