A man was injured after a shooting that occurred this Wednesday morning around 10:30 am in the Patte d’Oie district in Toulouse.
Shots in broad daylight in front of many witnesses. A man on the ground bleeding. A scene of incredible violence took place this Wednesday, January 6 in the morning, in broad daylight, in the heart of Toulouse.
Shortly before 10:30 a.m., a 31-year-old man was targeted by armed commandos. According to witnesses, he had just parked his vehicle in front of his hairdressing salon, the “WB Barber shop”, boulevard Jean-Brunhes in the Casselardit sector, and was preparing to open the establishment when a car of the type Clio has arrived. Three hooded and armed men came out. They immediately attacked their target.
The victim is the boss of the “W Barber shop”
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“He received a violent blow with the butt to the chin, relates a witness. Then he left running.” The victim walks several tens of meters to a small parking lot at the corner of Avenue de Grande-Bretagne. “I heard two detonations,” describes a neighboring shopkeeper. The man was shot in the right arm and collapsed, losing a lot of blood on a concrete block, in front of a closed PMU bar located in the small square.
His vital prognosis is not engaged
His attackers are not asking for their rest. They collect some evidence and leave with a bang. They go up Boulevard Jean-Brunhes towards the banks of the Garonne and disappear into nature.
On the spot, the victim manages to explain what has just happened to him. The firefighters and the Samu provide him with first aid before his transport to the emergency room of the Purpan hospital. Its vital prognosis is not engaged.
Witnesses in shock
At the scene of the attack, the police prohibited all traffic and froze the scene. Forensic identity specialists take the slightest traces and clues while investigators collect the first testimonies. “It’s shocking to see that here during the day, realizes a witness. There could have been other injuries … or worse.”
The man hit by bullets collapsed on a concrete block in front of a closed PMU bar.
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Why was this merchant thus attacked by the commando? The modus operandi leaves little doubt that this is a settling of scores. What are the motivations? The investigation will have to specify it.
“He is a very kind and supportive person, assures an acquaintance. He has been living here for a long time. He had simply closed to do work and reopened about a month ago.”
The neighborhood remained cordoned off until the middle of the day. The three attackers were actively wanted.
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