death of minor injured in the head by gunfire Thursday evening

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS – He succumbed to his injuries. The 15-year-old minor seriously injured by gunshots to the head during a shooting that occurred on Thursday, October 31 in Poitiers died this Saturday, November 2 at midday, announced the public prosecutor. The teenager had been admitted to the Poitiers hospital center as an absolute emergency and his vital prognosis was therefore in jeopardy.

Four other teenagers aged 15 and 16 were injured during the evening. “Their lives are not in danger”the prosecutor clarified during a press conference on Friday. He also said that a suspect whose identity is being verified, “present for several weeks in the city”is sought.

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 man in question is suspected of having committed, in the preceding days, “the sale of narcotics”.

An unprecedented episode in Poitiers

The events took place in the Couronneries district, classified as a priority in city policy. 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.

The environmentalist mayor of Poitiers, Léonore Moncond'huy, deplored Friday “an unprecedented episode” in the history of this town of around 90,000 inhabitants, which according to her “testifies to a fairly serious evolution of society”calling for more security resources on the ground.

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