Five people shot dead near Dunkirk in the North, one man surrendered

A man, who came spontaneously to the Ghyvelde gendarmerie brigade, claimed to be the perpetrator.

Five people were shot dead on Saturday, December 14, near Dunkirk (North), franceinfo learned from a source close to the investigation, four in Loon-Plage, and one in Wormhout.

Around 4 p.m., two security agents and two migrants were killed in Loon-Plage, near Grande-Synthe, west of Dunkirk. It was a man who came spontaneously to the Ghyvelde gendarmerie brigade and claimed to be the perpetrator. He also accused himself of a fifth murder committed in Wormhout, on a 29-year-old man, according to the same source.

In this town of Wormhout, located south of Dunkirk, the gendarmerie was alerted around 3 p.m. of gunshots and an unconscious person. According to a source close to the investigation at franceinfo, upon their arrival, the gendarmes noted the presence of a man on the ground in the courtyard of a house. The victim had several gunshot wounds, including one to the head. He died on the spot.

According to the first elements collected from the victim's wife, her husband went out after hearing the sound of a vehicle in the courtyard of their home, specifies this same source. According to this testimony, a man got out of the vehicle and fired several times at the victim before leaving the scene.

The suspect, a 22-year-old man, was immediately arrested after presenting himself to the gendarmerie. He is unknown to the courts. In his vehicle, investigators discovered three weapons. It is the research section of the Lille gendarmerie which is responsible for the investigation. The public prosecutor of Dunkirk visited the site, specifies France Bleu Nord.