what we know about the shooting which left two dead in the 14th arrondissement

These are the 20th and 21st narchomicides in the Marseille jurisdiction since the start of the year. In 2023, 49 narchomicides were recorded.

Two men were shot and killed in Marseille on the evening of Thursday, November 14, BFM Marseille Provence learned from a police source. No suspects have been arrested at this stage.

• Two dead and one injured

The events occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille. The two victims were in a bar on rue de la Carrière when a hooded man entered and opened fire on them.

Aged 28, the two men could not be resuscitated by the firefighters who intervened on site.

A third man aged 21 was injured, according to our information, confirming like that of Provence. He showed up at the hospital on his own with a gunshot wound to the thigh. The three victims were known to the police.

• A shooter and a car found on fire

According to the first elements of the investigation, the facts are the origin of a single shooter. He used 9 millimeter caliber bullets, five of which were found on site.

A burned vehicle was found in the evening near the Cité Félix Pyat in the 3rd arrondissement of Marseille.

An investigation was opened by the Marseille prosecutor’s office and entrusted to police officers from the Organized and Specialized Crime Division, according to Le Parisien.

• Homicides linked to drug trafficking

The prosecution confirmed to BFMTV that the facts are linked to drug trafficking. These are therefore the 20th and 21st narchomicides in the Marseille jurisdiction since the start of the year. In 2023, 49 narchomicides were recorded in this jurisdiction.

This new shooting comes less than a week after a trip by the Ministers of Justice and the Interior Didier Migaud and Bruno Retailleau to Marseille, where they established the fight against drug trafficking as a “national cause”.