A 39-year-old man was killed and his brother seriously injured on Monday in Argenteuil, in the Val-d’Oise, after being shot during a brawl, a police source told AFP, adding that the shooter is on the run.
Police received multiple calls from residents around 1:15 PM on Monday reporting an altercation between three people in Argenteuil involving one man and two brothers.
According to witnesses, two men initially fought for an unknown reason before a third individual came to help his brother, armed with a telescopic baton.
Surveillance cameras show that the two brothers managed to drive off the third man, but he returned and shot them with a handgun taken from a car’s trunk before fleeing.
The two brothers were already known to the police.
Upon the arrival of emergency services, the two brothers were found on the ground, shot. One, wounded in the abdomen, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The other, shot in the shoulder, suffered a cardiac arrest and died in the early afternoon despite rescue intervention.
The getaway vehicle was found empty. At the scene, investigators seized a telescopic baton and several cartridge cases.
The two brothers were known to the police, particularly for drug-related offenses. The shooter, a 51-year-old man, also had a criminal record.
The investigation, opened for murder, attempted murder, and possession of category B firearms (handguns), has been entrusted to the Val-d’Oise Division of Organized Crime Fighting (DCOS) in a flagrante delicto.
