One man died and another was seriously injured following gunfire on Saturday, May 4, in the early morning in the northeast of Toulouse, Agence France-Presse learned from firefighters.
The deceased victim is a 32-year-old man, “released from prison in February 2024” and who is known for various convictions, in particular for “violations of the legislation on narcotics and aggravated violence”, specified the Toulouse public prosecutor’s office.
The seriously injured victim, a 23-year-old man, was hit “to the thorax” and is hospitalized, while a third man, aged 25, was injured in the hand, he added.
The three men were in a vehicle which was about to leave the parking lot of a nightclub in an outlying district in the north-east of Toulouse when a second vehicle stopped nearby, two men leaving the passenger compartment before to open fire with 9 mm caliber weapons, according to the first elements of the investigation released by the prosecution.
These facts, which occurred around 5 a.m., are similar “a priori a settling of scores” and an investigation was opened for “murder and attempted murder by an organized gang,” said this Source.
