The young man hit by a gunshot Monday evening in Sarcelles is today between life and death. Very seriously injured, found unconscious on the ground, he was transported by the Smur 95 in absolute emergency to the Beaujon hospital, in Clichy-la-Garenne (Hauts-de-Seine). Helicopter transport had been considered by the emergency services. The victim had a serious injury to the back of the head, which may have been caused by the firing of a firearm. The identity of this young man, in his twenties, was not specified this Monday, at the end of the afternoon, by the Pontoise public prosecutor’s office, which indicated that “the state of health of the victim is very engaged”.
The facts occurred around 7 p.m., in the Grand Ensemble district. According to the first testimonies collected, an altercation took place between a passer-by and the occupants of a car, in the Guynemer car park located on rue Claude-Bernard, near the Moroccan synagogue. This altercation quickly degenerated into a fight on the public highway. Blows are exchanged.
The motives for the attack remain unknown.
The victim then tries to defend himself and pulls out a telescopic baton. She reportedly managed to strike the driver of the Clio in front of her several times. It was then that a shot rang out, apparently fired by one of the occupants of the car, who stood behind her and opened fire, apparently shooting her in the head. The man collapsed on the ground, as if struck down. The other people involved, who would be four in number, immediately fled by boarding the vehicle, which some witnesses identified as being a black Clio. They left, rolling, it seems, on the victim’s legs. Facts that occur under the windows of the inhabitants, many of whom have taken to the windows. First responders rescued the victim, including giving him a pressure point.
The motives for the attack remain unknown at this time. A single explosion was heard by the neighborhood. “Investigations are underway to identify the perpetrator(s) and determine the reasons for taking action,” said the Pontoise prosecutor’s office on Tuesday evening. The criminal brigade of the DRPJ Versailles was seized of the investigation which was opened “on the count of attempted murder”, adds the parquet floor of Pontoise.
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