The 24-year-old young woman, who was hit on the evening of Sunday September 10 at her home by gunfire targeting a drug trafficking point in Marseille, is brain dead, the Marseille prosecutor announced on Monday.
The victim, who lived “his life quietly” with his mother on the third floor of a building in a housing estate in the 10th arrondissement, had been “transferred in a very serious condition to the hospital with a life-threatening prognosis,” explained Dominique. Laurens during a press briefing. Two other apartments were hit by a blind burst, after a first burst fired near a deal point, she further detailed.
More than 20 Kalashnikov casings were found on the spot, in the Saint-Thys district, classified as a priority district, in the 10th arrondissement. The investigation is entrusted to the judicial police.
Since January, around forty people have been killed in violence linked to drug trafficking in France’s second city. Among them are a priori at least two collateral victims.