At least one injured by bullet after chase and shooting on A21 overnight from Wednesday to Thursday

How did the Clio vehicle end up in the left lane of the A21, on the opposite side of the road, showing a spin? And above all, under what circumstances were several of its residents injured, including at least one with a gun? The interdepartmental legal police service must shed light on facts that are not yet clear at this stage of the investigation that has been opened for attempted aggravated murder. It will also be a question of identifying all the main people, since the picture is not complete after the escape of a second vehicle, which was involved in the shooting.

The incidents took place overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, shortly before 1am. According to initial reports, there was a chase between the Clio and BMW before the vehicle was moved, a few hundred meters after the entrance ramp “Montigny-Harnes”, in the Lens – Hénin-Beaumont direction. In conditions to be determined, sights – from Kalashnikov reported noon Thursday The Parisian – he would have hit two occupants of the Clio according to the first source. One of them, who was seriously injured, was treated behind the guard rail, under the road, and then transported to the Lens hospital complex. Another source spoke of three injuries this afternoon, including one with a gun and two related to the accident.

Two of the four occupants of the vehicle registered in Val-d’Oise were found a little further away by the police who immediately arrested two people. A weapon was found on a victim, it is unknown if it was used during the night’s events.

Road cutting

Until 6:30 am, drivers had to leave at Montigny-en-Gohelle. DIR representatives diverted traffic in the direction of Lens – Hénin-Beaumont, while rescue operations and investigations took place. The Lens technical and scientific police were on site to comb through the Clio and the scene.

At the end of the morning, the prefecture announced a new cut at 11 am on the same sector for ” legal measures “. The road was returned to traffic shortly before 12:30 p.m.