Le Figaro Bordeaux
The shot was fired towards the ground at 5:50 p.m., in the city center of Bordeaux, Place de la Victoire, opposite the University of Bordeaux, on Monday. Its author, armed with a hunting rifle, was standing a stone's throw from the eponymous tram station, located just opposite the McDonald's. According to our sources, confirming information revealed by
Sud Ouest
, a passerby became the collateral damage of this lead ammunition. Aged 35 and injured in the leg by a ricochet, he was evacuated and treated in the emergency room of Saint-André hospital.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the shot was fired within a group of young people, of which the victim was not a member, who were arguing for reasons which remain to be clarified. Investigations, carried out by the personal attacks unit of the Bordeaux national police, are ongoing. The shooter must be identified. The possibility of an altercation in the context of drug trafficking is not excluded.