One man was shot and killed and another was seriously injured in a Sunday early evening brawl in Gentilly (Val de Marne), in the southern suburbs of Paris, a police source told AFP.
The shooting took place around 9 p.m., place du 8 mai 1945 in this town located near the ring road.
Several people reportedly opened fire before fleeing.
The victim, shot in the back by a 12-gauge cartridge, was seriously injured before dying. The cardiac massage practiced by the Samu failed to keep him alive.
Another individual, also shot and taken to hospital, was in a relative emergency on Sunday evening.
The investigation into the shooting was entrusted to the criminal brigade of the regional direction of the judicial police of Paris.
The two men are known to the police. The track of a settling of scores between rival gangs for the control of “territories” against a background of drug trafficking is privileged.
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