The Rocade district, in the south of Avignon (Vaucluse), was the scene of exchanges of fire in the middle of the afternoon this Saturday, a police source indicates to Le Parisien.
The gunshots caused no injuries, said the same source.
The shots rang out shortly after 5 p.m. this Saturday, at rue du Docteur Geoffroy, in the Rocade district.
Two shooters, on a Yamaha scooter, targeted several people in the street.
The targeted individuals themselves responded with gunfire, according to a police source.
The gunshots caused no injuries.
All the suspected perpetrators of the shooting fled.
The shootings filmed by passers-by
Images circulating on social networks, and presented as taking place in Avignon this Saturday, show several individuals exchanging shots between cars parked in the street.
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In particular, we see a man firing a handgun at a target that is difficult to distinguish, before retreating behind a car.
Numerous sounds of gunfire ring out throughout the video, suggesting that another side, off-camera, is shooting in turn.
Cries from passers-by, calling for an end to the violence, are also heard in the extract.
On site, traces of the shooting were visible this Saturday, again according to a police source, who noted bullet holes on vehicles parked in the street.
Sixteen shell casings of three different calibers were also found at the scene of the exchange of fire.
An investigation was opened by the judicial police.