A shooting took place around 6:30 p.m. this Thursday, January 2, 2025, on rue Salerne in the Mosson district, in Montpellier. One man injured in the ankle and another died from his injuries. The area is cordoned off.
This Thursday, January 2, 2025, on rue Salerne in the Mosson district, in Montpellier, a shooting broke out around 6:30 p.m. According to our information, one man was seriously hit in the ankle and another, also hit by bullets , succumbed to his injuries after being admitted to Lapeyronie hospital.
No arrests
Traffic on tram line 1 is suspended between Mosson and Saint-Paul stations until further notice and the sector is closed off. A possible connection with the fire of a scooter which occurred at 7 p.m., near the scene of the shooting in rue de Liège, remains to be confirmed.
For the moment, investigators from different police units are mobilized. According to witnesses to this assassination attempt, probably linked to drug trafficking and a settling of scores between drug traffickers, the shooter was a passenger on a scooter driven by an accomplice, reports Metropolitan. They would have taken rue de Leyde before reaching rue de Liège, where the scooter was set on fire.
No arrests took place. The suspects are believed to be on the run.
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