Wednesday evening, May 25, a man, driving in the Sablon district, was injured in the arm. He and his passenger, in a state of shock, were taken to Metz-Mercy hospital. The next day, the police managed to arrest a suspect. The 31-year-old man was taken into custody before being charged and imprisoned Friday evening May 27.
Already convicted several times for acts of theft and violence, the main suspect of the shots has been indicted for attempted murder and violence with a weapon resulting in incapacity for work of less than eight days. Indeed, according to the police, there is no doubt that the shooter was indeed targeting the 29-year-old man who was shot in the arm.
The shooter was indeed targeting the man he injured in the arm
In addition, the passenger in the car, a woman, also aged 29, was not injured, but shocked, she received three days of ITT (total incapacity for work). Whether the trail of a settling of scores was mentioned by the police, it is only the investigation that will be able to confirm it, this is what the Metz prosecutor’s office asserts.
The injured was discharged from the hospital Friday evening 27, he is fine, according to the prosecution.