A woman shot in the groin in the 8th arrondissement

Several shots were fired this Saturday evening, at 9:50 p.m., rue Thomas-Blanchet, in the Transvaal district (Lyon 8), reports

.

A bullet hit a 22-year-old woman who was leaving her home to take her car and go to a friend's house, according to her testimony.

Touched in the groin, she was transported to the hospital where her vital prognosis was engaged, before her condition improved.

Targeted or collateral victim?

Witnesses reported seeing two individuals fleeing on foot, one of them holding a gun.

The young woman is known to the police for shoplifting and damage, according to

.

It is not yet clear that she was knowingly targeted by the shots, or if she found herself a collateral victim.

The Lyon public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for intentional homicide.

Suspected of having fun shooting cans with a 22 Long Rifle

A stray bullet ends its course in the living room of a resident of Yvelines

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