A teenager injured in the Poitiers shooting died in hospital

He had been between life and death since the night of Thursday to Friday. The 15-year-old teenager who was shot in the head during a shooting in front of a restaurant in Poitiers has died, Poitiers prosecutor Cyril Lacombe announced this Saturday.

The victim was hospitalized in a state of absolute emergency, his vital prognosis being in jeopardy. Four other minors aged 15 and 16 were injured by shots fired in front of a restaurant in a district of the city.

In connection with drug trafficking

The events took place in the Couronneries district. “It started with a shooting at a restaurant and it ended with a brawl between rival gangs which involved several hundred people,” declared the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, linking the shooting to drug trafficking.

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