After the shooting in Valdegour, this Friday, June 27, the number of victims was revised upwards.
A shooting made eight injured, including one seriously, Friday evening in Nîmes, when shooters opened fire on the Avogadro square in the Valdegour district.
A first report on Friday evening reported six people injured, one of whom had “A time” His vital prognosis committed, but another victim was identified later in the night while it was a eighth presented herself in the hospital “With bursts in the back “police sources said to AFP.
Traces of blood on the staircase of a building
About twenty 222 Remington caliber cases (used for hunting or sports shooting) were found on site, announces AFP. The shooters who are three in number have fled and would have arrived on two cars.
One of the victims, a seriously injured teenager, took refuge in a building near the fire zone, noted Midi Libre. The inhabitants very marked by this scene of violence expressed, this Saturday, their anger and their despair.
Rivalry on the background of drug trafficking
At this stage of the investigation, there is no element to confirm whether the victims were directly targeted by the shots or if they are collateral victims. A rivalry against the background of narcotics between the Pissevin district and that of Valdegour, could be the source of this shooting.
