What exactly happened in the peaceful avenue of the islands, Saturday, late afternoon, in Chelles?
This is the question that investigators from the Meaux judicial police branch are trying to answer.
In this artery which serves the nautical base of Vaires-sur-Marne, a 54-year-old man from the community of travelers was executed according to information revealed by the Actu17 site confirmed to Parisian by the Meaux prosecutor's office.
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It was shortly before 6 p.m. when the emergency services were called.
Police and firefighters went to the scene and found the victim in his car.
The 50-year-old is in cardiorespiratory arrest.
For long minutes, the rescuers tried to resuscitate him but the death was finally declared by a doctor.
A first examination reveals, according to our information, a single bullet entry hole.
As for the caliber used, "only the autopsy (Editor's note which will be performed on Monday) will make it possible to determine it", notes a source close to the investigation.
The victim known to the police for traffic offenses
The hearings carried out in the neighborhood by the investigators did not make it possible to find direct witnesses of what strongly resembles an assassination.
Impossible to say, in particular, if there was one or more attackers.
The victim was known from the processing of criminal records, but only for traffic offences.
“It's a place with green spaces where travelers come regularly, explains a resident of the town.
But this is the first time such a thing has happened.
People in the community settle on land they own.
Frédéric, who lives in this avenue of the islands, saw the flashing lights of the police in the distance on Saturday evening, without knowing that a tragedy had just taken place at his door.
"I was very surprised, usually it's very calm," he says.