Marseille: man, 21, killed in shooting at Air Bel drug-dealing location
A 21-year-old man died on 27 October after a Kalashnikov shooting in Marseille’s Air Bel neighbourhood. Le Parisien, citing police and prosecutors, reported that two people fled in a stolen van.
The shots were fired at about 8.15pm in the city’s 11th arrondissement, at a drug-dealing location. The man was taken to La Timone hospital with gunshot wounds to his chest and legs. Police cited by Le Parisien said he died there at 9.20pm. Actu17 also reported his death after arrival at hospital.
The two people fleeing reportedly used a white Berlingo. That stolen vehicle was later found burned out, Le Parisien reported from initial investigative findings. Detectives found seven 7.62mm cartridge cases at the shooting scene.
The specialist DCOS investigation unit is handling the case. Le Parisien reported that the inquiry includes murder and attempted murder in an organised gang, weapons offences and destruction by dangerous means. The motive remained unclear: investigators had to establish whether the man was specifically targeted or shots were fired indiscriminately at the dealing location.
