A 17-year-old was hospitalized on Wednesday, September 28 at the end of the day after being hit by two bullets in the chest in the Dervallières district of Nantes, reports a police source to
Le Figaro
, confirming information from
Ouest-France
.
The mayor of the city, Johanna Rolland, calls on the State to urgently deploy "
police and justice resources
".
The facts took place around 5:30 p.m. at rue Edmond-Bertreux.
The victim was hit at least twice, one of the bullets going through.
He was taken to hospital in a state of absolute emergency.
Two individuals on a two-wheeler were seen fleeing the scene of the shooting.
According to
Ouest-France
, the rear passenger was holding "
a long gun butt
".
11 casings found at the crime scene
In total, 11 cartridge cases of 7x62 caliber were found on the spot, announced the public prosecutor of Nantes, Renaud Gaudeul, on the move in the district at the end of the day.
This shooting comes after a vast police operation which took place last Friday in Dervallières to try to find a weapon of war spotted on CCTV images.
But the weapon had remained untraceable.
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The Dervallières district is plagued by drug trafficking and plagued, for several weeks, by a strong resurgence of tensions between rival gangs.
Johanna Rolland, the city councilor of Nantes also present on the scene on Wednesday evening, reacted to our colleagues from
Ouest-France,
denouncing a "
serious situation
": "
The State must take the measure of what is happening in Nantes .”
The mayor is to be received by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin at the beginning of next week “
to discuss together how things can be managed over time.
»
The CRS 8 company, the unit specializing in urban violence, was sent to the Nantes conurbation on Wednesday evening.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the deputy zonal secretary of Alliance, Arnaud Bernard welcomes this necessary reinforcement but fears that it is "
insufficient
".
“
It's like putting a bandage on a wooden leg.
In the meantime, crime will move to another district
, ”sighs the official.
