A 15-year-old boy was shot dead Sunday evening in Arles around 10 p.m. The victim, unknown to the police, was rushed to hospital but did not survive his injuries. This is the sixteenth death by gunshots in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône this year.
A 15-year-old boy was shot dead on Sunday evening in a sensitive district of Arles, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, known for its drug trafficking, we learned Monday from police sources. The victim, unknown to the police, was targeted by shots from a car around 10 p.m., in the Griffeuille district where the police had already intervened the previous weekend for shots, against a background of traffic , according to the police. Rushed to hospital, the young man did not survive his injuries.
Sixteenth death by bullets in the department since 2022
According to the police, a car with several people inside approached a group of four teenagers, and one of them, unknown to the police, was hit by gunfire. The car from which the shots came was found burned in Saint-Martin de Crau, 20 kilometers from Arles. The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police of Marseille. Since the beginning of the year, 16 people have been shot dead, against a background of drug trafficking, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. If most of the traffic is concentrated in Marseille, the second largest city in France, other cities in the department are also affected, such as Arles (53,000 inhabitants).