Two men targeted by a dozen shots in the middle of the street, the shooter on the run
Two men were targeted by numerous shots in Avignon (Vaucluse) this Tuesday evening learned News17. They were not injured and the shooter fled.
Numerous gunshots were reported in the district of Reine-Jeanne, in the south of the city, around 9 p.m. On the spot, the police fell on two men who explained to them that they had returned to be the target of these shots, when they were stranded in their car.
No less than nine bullet holes were found on the vehicle according to a source close to the investigation. The two victims clearly escaped the worst. The latter would never have provided an explanation for this attack, only evoking a man with a handgun who fled after firing.
An investigation for “attempted murder” has been opened and designated to the judicial police of Avignon, we have confirmed the public prosecutor of Avignon, Florence Galtier.
Two young men shot dead a month ago
Christmas eve, a man in his twenties was seriously injured by bullets while he was in a car on the Charles-de-Gaulle bypass. His passenger was also shot in the shoulder. PJ investigators are also in charge of this case.
On the night of November 30 to December 1 in Avignon, two young men aged 18 and 22 were shot dead in the Saint-Jean district.