A 31-year-old man was killed on Wednesday May 24 in Paris, in the 8th arrondissement of the capital. The individual was targeted by men on motorcycles who fled and are still wanted by the police.
A man was shot dead on Wednesday May 24 in the middle of the street in Paris by people riding motorcycles who managed to escape, AFP learned from concordant sources.
Facts
A man was shot dead this Wednesday, May 24 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, at 67 boulevard de Courcelles. The individual who was near Parc Monceau was targeted by men on motorcycles.
The victim
The man, a 31-year-old real estate agent, was targeted at the exit of his agency located boulevard de Courcelles in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, said the Paris prosecutor’s office. According to our colleagues fromNews17the victim would have taken refuge in a massage parlor before being taken care of by the emergency services.
“The victim, known to the courts for various acts of violence and common law, had tried to take refuge in a business near the shooting. The first testimonies evoke the escape of four helmeted men on scooters”, still indicates the public prosecutor’s office .
The track of settling accounts
The section for the fight against organized crime of the Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for murder in an organized gang, entrusted to the criminal brigade.
The two motorcycles were found in Châtenay-Malabry, a town located about twelve kilometers south of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine, according to a police source. It could be a settling of accounts, according to the police source and the source close to the file.