Photo taken by a resident of Cleunay after gunfire on March 17, 2021. -

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  • A 22-year-old man is brain dead.

    He was hit by two bullets in the head on Wednesday in Cleunay, a district of Rennes.

  • The street where the young man was shot is a known point of deal, the object of a rivalry between gangs of traffickers.

  • In the neighborhood, the residents are like groggy

This Thursday, the rue Ferdinand de Lesseps was deserted.

“I've lived here for thirty years, I've never seen the area so empty,” comments a regular.

Twenty-four hours earlier, a shooting broke out here, in front of the Carrefour City shopping center located in the heart of the Cleunay district.

A 22-year-old man was shot twice in the head.

This Thursday, he was still brain dead, according to the Rennes public prosecutor.

Her 24-year-old brother was injured more slightly.

A first suspect has been arrested and is still in custody.

Aged 21, he is already known to the police for drug trafficking.

It is not the first time that gunshots are heard in this rather quiet neighborhood.

But this is the first time that a person has been seriously affected.

In the neighborhood, the population is in shock.

“Usually, you only see that in the movies.

But there, it happened at home, before our eyes ”.

The regulars of the neighborhood keep the images of the shooting that shook the neighborhood on Wednesday.

Here, everyone knows that kids are trafficking around the shopping center.

“We can see it, they are there every day.

But it's like it's integrated.

We lived with it, ”explains a local resident.

There is no doubt about the reason for the shots and the police favor settling scores against a background of drug trafficking.

“There were two of them.

They arrived on foot and got confused with the young people in front of the shopping center.

There is one who drew a gun and shot twice, right in the head.

It was a small caliber, a 6.35.

He had hidden it in his pocket, ”said a witness to the scene.

Another local resident saw everything from his window.

“He shot and the other collapsed.

Everything happened so fast ".

Shots were fired in the Cleunay district of Rennes on March 17, 2021, seriously injuring a young man.

- C. Allain / 20 Minutes

Hit in the head, the young man was taken care of by the emergency services and rushed to the CHU Pontchaillou but his state of health seems desperate.

“There was a pool of blood.

His friend was giving him a heart massage by yelling at him.

It was surreal ”.

The gunman fled on foot and threw his gun a little further.

A suspect was taken into custody on Wednesday, without it being known whether he was the alleged shooter.

"We did not imagine that it would go as far as gunshots"

According to our information, the two men of Chechen origin hit by the bullets had come to "protect" another kid from the neighborhood who felt threatened.

The day before, bursts of fire had been heard.

A 30-year-old man presented to the South Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.

"All that for a bit of weed".

The case is undoubtedly more complex than that.

Known as a point of deal, the rue de Lesseps was the object of covetousness between rival gangs and it was not uncommon to see groups from Villejean or Blosne moving here.

A land war that could well cost the life of a man of just 22 years old.

In the neighborhood, the residents are like groggy.

Everyone knew there was traffic under their window.

A few meters from the Champion-de-Cicé school, a sofa has even served as a "drive".

All residents recognize that the violence around this point of the deal had increased.

“I once saw a bleeding kid who had been stabbed.

But we never imagined it would go as far as gunshots.

Especially like that, in the middle of the day, ”recalls a mother, before adding.

“For six months, we felt that there was a palpable tension.

We saw more and more the police.

It had to happen.

But when that happens, it's a shock ”.

A walk this Friday morning

Worried about themselves and their children, the parents of students from the neighboring school are planning a march this Friday at 8:45 am To pay tribute to the victims and their families.

But also to show that this diverse neighborhood will remain united and will continue to live in harmony.

“We want to be able to live in peace.

We are all afraid of reprisals ”.

Seized of the investigation, the judicial police are currently questioning the many witnesses of this tragedy.

Beyond the shots, it will be a question of shedding light on this traffic war that Rennes did not know, unlike Marseille or Grenoble.

Last year, eight of the ten shooting cases that occurred between January and June were clarified, recalled the public prosecutor Philippe Astruc.

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