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 events occurred, “during the previous days”, is actively sought by investigators. 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 dismantled weapon”, were seized.
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 remains “relatively calm”: “it is not run by the dealers even if it there may be tensions.
