one dead and one wounded by bullets near a deal point

Another man, seriously injured in the legs, was taken to Henri-Duffaut hospital. The suspects are on the run.

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Avenue Monclar, in Avignon, in 2019. (SOUILLARD BRUNO / MAXPPP)

A man was shot dead on Sunday April 9, in the evening, in Avignon, learned franceinfo this Monday April 10, 2023 from a police source and France Bleu Vaucluse from the firefighters. Another man was slightly injured. Touched in the legs, he was transported to the Henri-Duffaut hospital, indicates France Bleu Vaucluse.

The suspects are on the run. They were riding a scooter when they fired Sunday around 11:30 p.m., rue du Docteur-Colombe in the Monclar district. The scooters were found set on fire overnight.

France Bleu Vaucluse specifies that the shootings occurred near a well-known deal point, where a man in his fifties was already wounded by bullets in March. The judicial police are seized.


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