Meaux (77): a man shot by a machine gun while getting out of his car. A bullet lodged in the shutter of an apartment.

They were waiting for him, the two of them, in their car, parked at the back of a parking lot. A 31-year-old man was ambushed on the night of Thursday, August 7, to Friday, August 8, on Rue Alembert, in the working-class Beauval neighborhood of Meaux (Seine-et-Marne). Shot with a rifle, the victim was shot in the right thigh. He was taken to hospital, but his life was not in danger.

How many bullets were fired during this shooting? We don't know. However, we do know that around ten cartridges were found at the crime scene. One bullet even lodged in the roller shutter of an apartment on Avenue de l'Appel du 18 juin. The occupant of the premises, a 71-year-old woman, was fortunately not hit. She nevertheless filed a complaint. The same goes for the owner of a Citroën Picasso who was hit by a projectile. […]

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