A 30-year-old man was shot in the neck this Friday, October 4 at night, in the third arrondissement of Marseille. He was found dead in his vehicle. A suspect was arrested near the scene, a weapon was also found following a call from a man indicating that he had ordered the crime from his cell and indicated where the perpetrator of the shooting was.
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A 30-year-old man died this Friday, October 4 in the night “in a traffic accident in Marseille, with an injury to the back of the head”, indicate the city’s firefighters. “When emergency services arrived, the man was in cardio-respiratory arrest, and resuscitation was not possible. add the emergency services.
The police, who arrived on site, confirmed the death with additional details, “he was shot in the back of the head.” Another clarification provided by this same police source, “a young man was seen leaving the vehicle, he was arrested later“. The events took place around 4:30 a.m., rue Léon Gozlan, in the Saint-Lazare district, in the third arrondissement. The young man arrested is a 14-year-old minor, a weapon was found near the scene , it is currently being analyzed.
A man, who allegedly called from his cell in prison, presents himself as the instigator of this crime. He indicates that he denounces the facts, because the “The job was not done as it was supposed to be, namely setting fire to the vehicle after killing the man in question and setting fire to the vehicle.”
An investigation was opened to identify the man killed and the circumstances of his death. According to a police source, “this murder was ordered in response to a settling of scores that took place last week in this same neighborhood.” Judicial police investigators are hard at work.
“We’ve never seen that. I’ve been in Marseille for 23 years, I’ve never seen that”reacts Rudy Manna, national spokesperson for the Alliance Police union and former departmental secretary of Bouches-du-Rhône. “Why? It’s a real question that we ask ourselves. Perhaps to scare people. To say ‘this is what can happen to you if you don’t do the right thing'”.
