fast food worker killed in robbery

An employee of a restaurant in Villeurbanne (Rhône) was killed overnight from Thursday to Friday during an armed robbery, franceinfo learned from a police source. Around 3:30 a.m., witnesses saw a man with a long gun enter this fast food restaurant before pointing the two employees there to get the contents of the cash register.

The individual then walked around the counter before serving himself. The two employees tried to push him away with chairs. It was then that the aggressor shot several times at the level of the legs of one of the two employees, the other managed to hide. The victim later died in hospital.

The shooter, who managed to escape, is actively sought by the authorities. The PJ is seized of the investigation. The Lyon public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for theft with a weapon and intentional homicide.