The district of La Duchère seemed calm this Saturday, March 19, shortly before midnight. A few cars, a few scooters. A normal Saturday night after all. Except that two hours earlier, the night was torn apart by gunfire.
“We were with friends, we don’t know anything”, tell us, at first, passers-by. A second group is more talkative and invites us to take the direction of a parking lot where there is a large police force. The scientific technical police arrive to take the first samples.
” Heavy “
What happened that Saturday night? Around 10 p.m., firefighters were called for a gunshot wound. According to the first elements collected by our colleagues from AFP, four young people were injured in a shooting. According to our information, only one, aged 16, was hit by firearms. The victim was reportedly injured in the stomach. The facts would have taken place at the back of the bar of building, located avenue Sakharov, there even, where last October, three police officers of the anticrime brigade had been shot.
“Heavy”, specifies, without saying more, one of the investigators present at the foot of the bar. We won’t know any more. Silence is in order. In addition to the injured, other people could be involved.
A discreet, but important device was deployed by the police to secure the premises. A dozen vehicles were still on site this Saturday past midnight.