Settlement of scores during the night from Friday to Saturday at La Défense.
A 25-year-old man was shot and wounded during the evening of Friday at La Défense (Hauts-de-Seine).
At around 8:30 p.m. avenue de Neuilly, two hooded, hooded and mounted a scooter criminals opened fire three times on the victim.
The young man, hit in the back, collapsed to the ground.
Passers-by rescued him before warning the police and firefighters.
"The injured person was conscious during the intervention," explains a source close to the case.
He had received a butt blow to the head and a bullet which lodged in his back close to the spine ”.
The young man was taken to Beaujon hospital in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine).
“The emergency services considered that it was an absolute emergency,” adds the Nanterre prosecutor's office.
An 11 caliber revolver found at the scene of the crime
The license plate number noted by first responders did not match the vehicle described by witnesses.
"On the spot, residents were unable to say in which direction the criminals had fled," said the same source.
An 11 caliber revolver was found on the ground.
Three cartridges were missing in the barrel.
The causes of what looks like a settling of scores remain unknown.
The victim is known to the police for possession of a weapon and according to the first testimonies she had an appointment with the two men on scooters.
He even allegedly exhibited a weapon during an altercation with his attackers.
This young man refused to speak to the police.
The Hauts-de-Seine departmental judicial police service is responsible for carrying out the investigation to try to identify the perpetrators who are still at large.
