Near Toulouse: a man shot on the road, his attackers wanted
Through Guillaume Laurens
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A young man was shot and wounded on Saturday, November 27, 2021, in the early hours of Roques-sur-Garonne (Haute-Garonne), South of Toulouse, indicates the Muret gendarmerie company, confirming information from La Dépêche du Midi. The parquet precise to Toulouse news have opened an investigation for attempted intentional homicide. Point.
He opens fire twice
According to the first elements of the investigation, the victim would have been chased by car by several individuals, before being hit from behind, at the level of the departmental road 120, the expressway which passes near the Ikea store.
In still unclear circumstances, after the collision, the protagonists got out of their vehicles, and one of the occupants of the rear car allegedly grabbed a weapon, before to open fire together reprise at least on the victim.
Driving by passenger to hospital
According to our information, it is a man who is in the targeted car, and who therefore attended the entire scene, who drove the victim to 27 years old at Purpan Hospital. This passenger was interviewed by the gendarmes, along with other witnesses. The victim, known to the police for old facts, suffers from knee and foot injuries. Operated on Saturday, his vital prognosis is not engaged.
Is the victim known to his attackers?
What happened on this departmental road? Is the victim known to his attackers? And what were their motivations? The investigation, delegated by the prosecution to the gendarmes of the research brigade (BR) of Muret, with the assistance of the research section (SR) of Toulouse, has only just begun. A ballistic expertise is in progress, as is the exploitation of the images of CCTV cameras.
Due to his state of health, the hearing of the victim could not be carried out on Saturday, it must be carried out this Sunday by the gendarmes of the SR of Toulouse.
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