Shooting in front of a nightclub near Valence: Nicolas, the victim, died, he played in the same Rugby club as Thomas killed during the Crépol ball

The Romans-Péage Rugby club is once again hard hit by the loss of one of its young players. After the tragedy of Thomas' death last November, a young man from the same club died as a result of his injuries during a shooting outside a nightclub near Valencia during the night from Thursday to Friday. Shot in the head, his life was in jeopardy.

Seriously injured, Nicolas a young man of 22 years oldoriginally from Romans-sur-Isère, had been taken care of by emergency services, but he died on Saturday “early afternoon” indicated the Privas public prosecutor's office in Ardèche, reports France Bleu. The mayor of Romans-sur-Isère paid tribute to him on X. On his Facebook page, his rugby club, the Rugby Club Romans-Péage (RCRP), is devastated by this new tragedy: “The club has been hit in the heart again since Thursday evening”. It is in this club that Thomas Perotto played, the young man killed during the Crépol ball in November 2023

Two other injured people are still hospitalized, including a 24-year-old young woman hit in the leg and a security guard, also 22 years old, injured but more lightly, after receiving bullet fragments in the leg.

The investigation is still ongoing and there have been no arrests, the prosecutor said. In particular, she will have to say whether these young people were deliberately targeted and whether there was one or more shooters. The shooting, which is believed to be linked to drug traffickingbroke out around 2:30 a.m. Friday in the parking lot of a nightclub in Saint-Péray in Ardèche, west of Valence.