Colmar: a 27-year-old man shot dead after an urban rodeo

The essentials A drama unfolded on Monday August 15 in Colmar (Grand Est), where a man was shot and killed after an altercation during an urban rodeo. A judicial inquiry has been opened. A 27-year-old Afghan boy died after being shot on the sidelines of an urban rodeo on Sunday in Colmar, we learned Monday from concordant sources. “I open today (Monday) a judicial investigation, with referral to an investigating judge for the charge of assassination against X”, told AFP the prosecutor of Colmar, Catherine Sorita-Minard, specifying that “the perpetrator(s) are on the run”. Hospitalized in critical condition The facts occurred on Saturday in the middle of the day in the district of Europe, in Colmar, while a group shared a barbecue, before being disturbed by the noise of a scooter whose driver was performing a rodeo. There followed an altercation with the driver who ended up leaving the scene before returning, shooting one of the members of the group and fleeing, according to the account of a police source. The young Afghan, unknown to the police, was hit in the chest. Hospitalized in critical condition, he succumbed to his injuries. The Mulhouse branch of the judicial police is in charge of the investigation. Sending the CRS 8 Monday, at the end of the day, the Minister of the Interior announced the dispatch of the CRS 8 to Colmar, a mobile unit specially created to be able to intervene quickly throughout the territory “Significant means are put implemented to find the killer of Colmar”, indicated Gérald Darmanin on Twitter. Important means are implemented to find the killer of Colmar. I also decided to send the CRS 8 on the spot to carry out police operations in order to restore republican order and bring to justice the thugs who want to impose their law. https://t.co/MlkaU6dbcE— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) August 15, 2022 “I have also decided to send the CRS 8 on site to carry out police operations in order to restore order republican and bring to justice the thugs who want to impose their law”, he continued on this same network.