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Toulouse: he thought he was going to a date, a man wounded by bullets in the shoulder in a shooting

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Three hooded men shot a fourth overnight from Monday to Tuesday in the Château de l’Hers area in Toulouse.

He fell into a real ambush. A man was shot and wounded on the night of Monday July 25 to Tuesday July 26, in the Château de l’Hers area in Toulouse.

He was thinking of going to a tryst arranged by a woman in a building on the avenue de Castres. Confident, he parked calmly on the spot shortly after 1:30 a.m. As soon as he arrived, he found himself face to face with three hooded and armed men who opened fire in his direction.

The victim, in his car, was the target of heavy gunfire. One of the bullets lodged in his left shoulder. After the shots, his attackers fled, just like him. Wounded, he took refuge a few hundred meters away, rue de Carcassonne. An acquaintance called the fire department. They arrived at the scene around 1:50 a.m. As a precaution, a team from Smur 31 was also dispatched.

20 casings found on the sidewalk

The victim’s life was not in danger. He suffered from a superficial wound. He was transported by ambulance to the Purpan hospital center. On the spot, the police services secured the area. They were able to hear the story of the injured man. The forensic identification specialists carried out the statements and findings. More than twenty casings were found on the sidewalk.

An investigation was opened and was to be entrusted to the territorial direction of the judicial police in what looks like a new settling of accounts against the backdrop of drug trafficking.

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