The circumstances have yet to be clarified. A man was killed and another was wounded by bullets this Sunday, January 16 in Montpellier in the Hérault.
The two individuals in their forties, both with gunshot wounds to the lower limbs, had been taken care of by the emergency services around 5 a.m., in the district of Près d’Arènes, south of Montpellier.
One of them died on the spot as a result of his injuries, while the other, whose days are not in danger, was hospitalized in Montpellier, said the departmental directorate of public security (DDSP) of the Herault.
“According to a passing motorist who saw the scene, the two victims were taken out of a van by an unknown number of individuals and left on the ground,” near a bus stop. bus, police said. It was this motorist who alerted the emergency services.
The investigation was entrusted to the SRPJ of Montpellier. The motorist will be heard during the day.
The site was returned to traffic around 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning, after the intervention of the emergency services, the findings and the lifting of the body of the deceased individual.