Shooting in Paris: a man shot dead and four people injured

The facts took place around 9:30 p.m., rue Popincourt, “two individuals got out of a vehicle and shot at two individuals seated at the terrace of a bar”, detailed the prefecture, adding that the hypothesis of a settlement of accounts was privileged at this stage. The second suspect “succeeded in fleeing,” said the same source. “We saw a car arrive, they came out with a weapon – I would have said a submachine gun or a Kalashnikov – they fired and they left,” testified Antoine, owner of a nearby restaurant. “I just had time to tell the staff to go inside. Everyone ran away,” he added. “It lasted 20-30 seconds. I immediately understood that it was a settling of accounts and that the other establishments would not be affected, ”assured the restaurant owner of this district marked by the attacks of January and November 2015. , it seems, were not injured by bullet, according to the first elements collected by the Prefecture of police. An investigation is open According to the mayor of the 11th arrondissement, François Vauglin, the shooting took place in a “shisha bar”. “The customers of the bar have mastered one of the two assailants”, added the elected official in a tweet, denouncing a “barbaric act”. He also announced that a medico-psychological cell would be opened for residents and witnesses. A shooting this evening has just left one dead and 4 injured in a bar in Chicha rue Popincourt #Paris11. No element at this stage makes it possible to know the motivations of this barbaric act. Bar patrons subdued one of the two assailants and the other is on the run.— François Vauglin (@FVauglin) July 18, 2022 Many chairs were visible on the sidewalk in front of the bar and a security perimeter had been set up in place by the police.