Overview

• Sid Ahmed B., 24, was shot in the chest around 00:30 on July 29 in the Bricarde district and succumbed to his injuries despite resuscitation efforts.
• Investigators recovered 29 spent 5.56 mm casings, a burnt automatic rifle and two abandoned vehicles—a car and a motorcycle—near the crime scene.
• Authorities have classified the case as voluntary homicide and handed the investigation to the brigade criminelle.
• Police are examining connections to narcotics networks operating in northern Marseille districts such as Bricarde and Castellane.
• On August 1, mourners held a funeral prayer at Timone Hospital followed by a reception at the Castellane social center where Fortas shared grief-stricken tributes online.