A person was found dead Thursday, July 15 in Grenoble, hit in the middle of the night by gunfire and charred in his car, announced the Grenoble prosecutor's office, which opened an investigation.
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At around 4:20 a.m. Thursday, the victim was arrested in a street by two people who stopped his car, shot the driver and then sprayed the vehicle with gasoline before setting it on fire, said Grenoble prosecutor Eric Vaillant, on the road. base of first testimony.
A gun fire impact
Called by witnesses in the Teisseire district, the firefighters "had
difficulty extinguishing the fire
", before the magistrate and forensic doctor arrived on site.
The autopsy which must be performed must confirm the presence, observed on the spot, of a bullet in the victim's thorax.
Police observed at least one gunfire impact on the body.
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According to witnesses cited by the prosecutor, the victim would be a man born in 1990 and "
unfavorably known to the police and the courts, in particular for drug trafficking
". But, taking into account the state of the calcined body, "
it will be necessary to wait for the results of the DNA samples to confirm this identity
". The Grenoble judicial police were seized of the investigation opened by the prosecution for murder in an organized gang and criminal association.