Overview

• The 19-year-old suspect was charged Sunday with the murder of a 16-year-old, attempted murder of four other minors and illegal possession of a category B firearm.
• Authorities found four spent casings at the scene in Fleury-les-Aubrais, challenging the suspect’s claim that he fired only one warning shot and a single shot toward the youths.
• The suspect acknowledged consuming drugs before the shooting and told investigators he had felt threatened, although he had no prior connection to the victims.
• The slain teen had been part of a group of five minors accused of vehicle break-ins in a residential area and was not targeting the suspect’s property when he was shot.
• Four surviving minors fled the scene and are described as very traumatized as the judicial investigation enters the pretrial phase.