Europe 1 with AFP 11:10 a.m., January 16, 2022

A man was killed and another wounded by bullets in still unknown circumstances on Sunday morning in Montpellier, Hérault.

“According to a passing motorist, who saw the scene, the two victims were disembarked from a van, by an undetermined number of individuals, and were left on the ground”.

A man was killed and another wounded by bullets in circumstances still unknown Sunday morning in Montpellier, in the Hérault, we learned from a police source.

The two individuals in their forties, both with gunshot wounds to the lower limbs, had been taken care of by the emergency services around 5 a.m., in the district of Près d'Arènes, south of Montpellier.

One of them died on the spot from his injuries.

One of them died on the spot, as a result of his injuries, while the other, whose days are not in danger, was hospitalized in Montpellier, the departmental security directorate told AFP. public (DDSP) of Hérault.

"According to a passing motorist, who saw the scene, the two victims were taken out of a van by an unknown number of individuals and were left on the ground", near a bus stop. bus, police said.

It was this motorist who alerted the emergency services.

The investigation was entrusted to the SRPJ of Montpellier.

The motorist will be heard during the day.

The site was returned to traffic around 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning, after the intervention of the emergency services, the findings and the lifting of the body of the deceased individual.