Two people were shot dead and another seriously injured in a shooting that occurred on the night of Monday to Tuesday, in Évreux (Eure). The track of the settling of scores is considered and the perpetrators of the shots are on the run.
A shooting broke out in Évreux overnight from Monday to Tuesday. Two people were shot dead in the middle of the night, around 12:30 a.m., near Rue de Russelsheim, according to information from BFM Normandy, in the La Madeleine district. The two victims are men aged 34 and 39 according to the first identification elements. Already in cardio-respiratory arrest when the firefighters arrived, they could not be revived by the emergency services.
A third victim was injured in the shooting. He is a 36-year-old man who is in absolute emergency on Tuesday, July 25. An investigation was opened and entrusted to the judicial police of Rouen.
The track of a settling of scores
The three men could have been victims of a settling of accounts according to police sources cited by theAFP : “It is probably a settling of accounts around narcotics”. As for the weapons used, France Blue evokes an “assault rifle” and the wounds left by the bullets on the victims and the elements of the investigation could “correspond to Kalashnikov fire”, writes AFP. The perpetrators of the shooting are on the run and are currently wanted.
A neighborhood already affected by shootings
It was in the La Madeleine district, considered a priority, of the Normandy city that the shots rang out last night. The place had already been the scene of a shooting last June, the track of the settlement of account was also mentioned. Two rounds of gunshots were heard and two people were shot and injured on the night of June 16-7, reports West France.