A man was shot dead this Wednesday, February 14 while he was driving his car, near a market in Ris-Orangis, in Essonne. The suspect was traveling on a scooter before opening fire in the middle of the street.

The victim was in a parking lot near the town's market square. An investigation was opened for assassination and entrusted to the interdepartmental judicial police service (SIPJ) of Essonne, said the Evry public prosecutor's office. Three days ago, a 28-year-old man was killed by gunfire in Dourdan.