The 18-year-old was killed with an assault rifle in the Visitation district.
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One person died Friday, October 14 in the evening, in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) in a shootout, learned franceinfo from a close source. The facts occurred in the Visitation district, in the north of the city, straddling the 14th and 15th arrondissements.
The 18-year-old victim was shot dead with an assault rifle. Another person, also 18, was injured.
Without counting this new victim, 28 people have been shot dead since the beginning of the year, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône. Most often, it was about settling scores in the context of drug trafficking.
Last Tuesday, a 33-year-old man was shot dead in a grocery store at 13 rue Henri Auzias, in the 3rd arrondissement of Marseille, in the Belle de Mai district. Four hooded men entered the store and targeted him. The 30-year-old was hit by three bullets, including one in the head. This district has been the scene of string settling of scores for several weeks.