A man was shot dead overnight from Wednesday to Thursday in a district in the north of Marseille, we learned from the Marseille prosecutor's office, which opened an investigation for assassination.
Around 4:00 a.m. Thursday morning, "
two individuals showed up on a scooter in the Maurelette district
", in the 15th arrondissement of Marseille, the prosecution told AFP.
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The passenger fired "
once
" at a man in the lobby of a building and hit him in the chest, he added.
The 39-year-old victim died shortly after despite the intervention of the emergency services, according to the prosecution and a police source.
The murder investigation is entrusted to the judicial police.
This is the 18th death by bullets in the Bouches-du-Rhône since the beginning of the year.
