Four other minors aged 15 and 16 were injured by shots fired in front of a restaurant in a district of the city.
The 15-year-old teenager, seriously injured by a gunshot to the head during a shooting Thursday evening in Poitiers, died Saturday midday, announced the Poitiers prosecutor. The victim was hospitalized in a state of absolute emergency, his vital prognosis being in jeopardy. Four other minors aged 15 and 16 were injured by shots fired in front of a restaurant in a district of the city.
A man who “would have engaged in the sale of narcotics”in the area where the facts occurred, “during the previous days”is actively sought by investigators, prosecutor Cyril Lacombe said on Friday.
During a search of a home he allegedly occupied, seven rounds of ammunition of the same caliber as the 11 found at the scene of the shooting, as well as “partial elements of a disassembled weapon”were seized according to the prosecution.
The events took place in the Couronneries district, classified as a priority for city policy (QPV). According to the prefect of Vienne, this district is home to “two or three deal points which are important and mobilize the national police a lot on a daily basis” but stay “relatively calm” : “it is not held by the dealers even if there can be tensions”underlined Jean-Marie Girier on Friday.
Scuffles took place Thursday evening after the events, involving a few dozen people according to the police and the prosecution, while some were accused by others of knowing the shooter.
The environmentalist mayor of Poitiers, Léonore Moncond'huy, deplored Friday “an unpublished episode” in the history of this town of around 90,000 inhabitants, which according to her “testifies to a fairly serious evolution in society”calling for more security resources on the ground.
