A 21 year old man was shot dead last night avenue Camille-Pelletan, in the popular district of La Villette (3rd). Two others were injured in the buttocks and foot, and could be collateral victims. Their vital prognosis is not engaged.
Two men on a scooter allegedly fired an assault rifle at an individual on foot who tried to take refuge in a bar shortly after 11:30 p.m. The latter was hit at least twice in the thorax. He succumbed to his injuries shortly thereafter. “It could have been carnage!” we confided this night from a source close to the investigation, referring to the modus operandi of the shooters and the number of people present at this moment in the bar. A very large security perimeter was set up by the police on the avenue Camille-Pelletan and the immediate surroundings.A total of sixteen casings, which could be those of a Kalashnikov-type assault rifle, were found at the crime scene.
The judicial police were charged with the investigation by the Marseille prosecutor’s office. The specialists of the technical and scientific police proceeded in the night to the traditional readings of indices. Once again, the person targeted is a very young victim. This is the 26th death by bullets in the Bouches-du-Rhône since the beginning of the year. It is still too early to say if this is a settling of accounts against the backdrop of narcotics. However, the victim was known for various crimes.