A man was shot dead and two others were injured in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) on Sunday evening. The shooter is on the run.
One person was killed and two others were injured this Sunday evening, in a shooting in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), Place de la Loire, in the Bagatelle district. According to information from The Dispatchthe events allegedly took place around 10 p.m. According to the media, one of the two injured is between life and death. For France 3 Occitanie, the vital prognosis of the two injured people “is not engaged”. The shooter, who used an automatic weapon to shoot several people, is currently on the run, according to AFP from a police source.
A settling of scores after a first shooting the day before?
The investigations have been entrusted to the Toulouse judicial police. The weapon used could be “heavy”, specifies La Dépêche, “capable of firing in bursts”. 20 cartridges were collected by the scientific police at the crime scene. This Monday morning, the theory of a settling of scores remains privileged, in a sector of western Toulouse plagued by drug trafficking.
The night before, a first shooting had already broken out in the Empalot district against a backdrop of drug trafficking. The public prosecutor’s office then opened an investigation for attempted murder. One man was seriously injured and the shooter is being actively sought.