Friday evening, a 22-year-old man was shot dead in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille. The young man was hit by two bullets, in the pelvis and in the side, near the HLM Méditerranée. Several districts of Marseille are regularly the scene of homicides by bullets linked to drug trafficking.
Sad news before Christmas. A 22-year-old man was shot dead in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille on Friday evening, police sources told AFP, confirming information from the regional daily La Provence. The young man was hit by two bullets, in the pelvis and the flank, near the HLM Méditerranée, these sources confirmed. The death was pronounced at 11:40 p.m., more than half an hour after the intervention of the emergency services.
The victim was not known to the police or justice services for narcotics, Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens told AFP. The judicial police have been seized of the investigation. The investigators will have to determine in particular whether a vehicle found on fire shortly after in the 13th arrondissement, “possibly in connection” with this case, according to the prosecution, was used or not by the author or the authors of this homicide. Several districts of Marseille are regularly the scene of homicides by bullets linked to drug trafficking.