A few days later the death of the 19-year-old young man, shot dead in Annonay during the night from Saturday to Sunday, the public prosecutor of Privas indicates that two minors aged 16 and 17 were arrested in Isère Thursday morning. Cécile Déprade confirms to France Bleu Drôme Ardèche that it isa case linked to drug trafficking.
According to the first elements collected, these two young suspects are friends of the victim. The 19-year-old man went to the Cèdres housing estate in Annonay during the night from Saturday to Sunday, after a meeting given by his “best friend”. It was at the foot of this building, that of his friend’s mother, that he was hit by several bullets, a little before 1 a.m. on Sunday. 7 shell casings were found at the scene.
A victim and “friendly” suspects
The “best friend” who arranged to meet the victim did not not yet arrested. The gendarmes from the Tournon-sur-Rhône research brigade and the Grenoble research section, in charge of the investigation, are wondering about a possible link with drug trafficking. The 19-year-old victim is known to the police.
The trail of an ambush is the most likely. The judicial investigation opened this Saturday morning is therefore for assassination. She is entrusted to the criminal division of the Avignon judicial court. The young people from Isère aged 16 and 17 were indicted on Saturday evening. Neither of the two minors admits to being at the origin of the fatal shootings.
