A 39-year-old man was shot dead Wednesday in Verdun and an investigation for homicide opened to find the author of the shooting, was learned from the prosecutor of that city, Guillaume Dupont.
The man was "shot in an apartment" and "died when he was transferred to hospital," Dupont told AFP, confirming information from L'Est Républicain. An investigation of the homicide leader was entrusted to the judicial police of Nancy, added the prosecutor, who did not wish to communicate further on the file.
Residents surveyed by L'Est Républicain mentioned a possible settling of accounts in connection with drug trafficking, the neighborhood in which the homicide took place, in the early afternoon, being "reputed to be a place of deal ".