Overview
- Emergency responders found the child in cardio-respiratory arrest around 3 a.m. on Rue du Drac in the Chorier-Berriat area and resuscitated him before transfer to CHU Grenoble‑Alpes, where he is in a coma with life‑threatening injuries to the back and legs.
- Prosecutors say he appears to be an unaccompanied minor born in December 2012 and unknown to authorities, though formal identification is still pending.
- An attempted‑murder investigation has been opened and assigned to the police judiciaire and the Division de la criminalité organisée et spécialisée.
- Nine 9 mm shell casings were recovered at the scene, with witnesses reporting multiple shots and a car speeding away in a location lacking video surveillance.
- The shooting fits a wider pattern of narcotics‑related violence reported in Grenoble, where trafficking networks increasingly exploit very young minors.