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A young woman was shot this Friday evening in Toulouse. She was using nitrous oxide with friends when a shooting broke out. According to her statements, she took a stray bullet.
The cities north of Toulouse are once again the scene of violence. Friday evening, a shooting broke out at the Borderouge metro station, injuring a young woman in the thigh. According to her statements, she was hit by a stray bullet. The shooters fled before help arrived.
It all started around 10 p.m. when a group of young people gathered near the Borderouge metro station to consume nitrous oxide, a misused gas which is causing increasing concern because of its effects on health.
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While the evening is going on normally, a scooter approaches. One man pilots it, another is carried in the back. These individuals, again according to witnesses, were dressed in black and helmeted. When they reached them, the passenger of the two-wheeler took out a handgun and opened fire. The shooters reportedly targeted a man who managed to escape without being hit.
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At least five shots rang out. One of the warheads lodged in the thigh of a 22-year-old woman. She was treated by emergency services before being taken to hospital. His life would not be in danger.
Among the collateral victims, an Uber Eats deliveryman was also injured, grazed by a projectile which caused a burn to his back.
The prosecution immediately opened an investigation into attempted murder. Police officers from the Organized and Specialized Crime Division (DCOS) are responsible for the investigations. Several shell casings were seized on site this Friday evening. The motive for the shooting remains unclear, but it could be linked to drug trafficking. At the beginning of the week, the national police carried out an operation to dismantle an entire network which sold drugs in this sector. Since this raid, tension has risen a notch in the city. Some would take advantage of the arrests to take control of the deal point.
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For the moment, investigators are exploring several hypotheses and remain cautious about the exact causes of the incident. This tension worries residents, who fear a new outbreak of violence in the neighborhood.
