Shots fired in a district of Clermont-Ferrand

Residents called the police last Sunday after hearing several detonations in the La Gauthière district of Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme).

These would have taken place around 2 p.m.

Arrived quickly on the spot, the investigators of the departmental security first noted that there had been no injuries, reports Actu Saint-Étienne.

They then discovered a bullet hole in the window of a ground floor apartment.

Then four casings were found on the ground, in the same street.

The police finally got their hands on a submachine gun, abandoned in a trash can, reveals

.

Drug trafficking

These are not the first shots heard in the neighborhood.

On September 28, shots were fired near a crèche.

According to

, the district of La Gauthière is a victim of drug trafficking, but also of violence linked to turf wars between traffickers.

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• Clermont Ferrand

• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• Auvergne

• Weapons

• Police