Fatal shooting in Toulouse. Monday evening, around 10 p.m., gunshots broke out in the Empalot district, rue de Menton. The occupants of a car opened fire.
Rescuers arrived at the scene at 10:13 p.m. and took care of a man who had been injured by a gunshot. Accompanied by the anti-crime brigade and the CRS, the firefighters extracted the victim aged about twenty. She was sent to Rangueil University Hospital but succumbed to her injuries on arrival at the hospital. In all, the victim, known to the police according to a source close to the investigation, received around fifteen impacts.
According to the Toulouse prosecutor, Samuel Vuelta Simon, this murder is probably linked to drug trafficking, AFP reported.
The suspects reportedly fled in an Audi RS.
Four people were arrested and taken into police custody on Tuesday afternoon in Toulouse, AFP learned from a source close to the investigation.
The mayor of Toulouse reacts
Following the events of that night, the mayor of Toulouse reacted on social networks by saying he was shocked and revolted. “It is unfortunately not specific to Toulouse but a situation which extends to the whole of the national territory. If I regularly ask for reinforcements from the National Police, it is because it is up to them to act to break this deadly gangrene, ”continued the first city councilor in a press release.
“The fight against drug trafficking must remain a national priority, because we cannot allow our fellow citizens to suffer from this illegal trade and be collateral victims of the settling of accounts,” he concluded.