A young man shot dead in Marseille, another wounded in the leg

Europe 1 with AFP 3:47 p.m., May 29, 2022

A 20-year-old man was shot and killed on Saturday evening in Marseille, and another 17-year-old injured, in what looks like a new settling of scores against the backdrop of drug trafficking, AFP learned from a police source.

The facts, revealed by the daily

, occurred around 8:15 p.m. in a working-class district in the center of Marseille (3rd arrondissement), where these two young men were the target of a shooter armed with a handgun and circulating on an electric scooter, according to a police source.

The older of the two victims died on the spot, the same source told AFP.

He was "hit by several bullet holes in the chest" and "was in cardio-respiratory arrest when help arrived",

in its columns.

The 17-year-old, injured in the knee, was taken to hospital, the police source continued, adding that the shooter had fled.

The investigation was handed over to the federal police.

Eleven people shot dead in the Bouches-du-Rhône since 2022

Questioned by AFP on the fact that this new homicide in Marseille could be a new settling of accounts against the background of drug trafficking, the public prosecutor of Marseille, Dominique Laurens, confirmed that "this seems to be the case indeed ".

In fact, the shooting took place while the two men targeted were very close to a "stup point", specifies

.

Eleven people have been shot dead since the beginning of the year in the Bouches-du-Rhône, and two by stabbing, mostly in Marseille, most often against the background of drug trafficking, according to the count of the AFP.