Overview
- Gunfire erupted around 4:20 a.m. on October 5 in a residential street of Meaux, where a house was targeted by a burst of assault-rifle fire.
- Roughly 25 to 30 impacts hit the targeted property, while three stray rounds struck the neighboring home and passed just above a sleeping child's head.
- Investigators documented 28 spent 7.62 mm casings and recovered an unexploded training grenade at the scene.
- Two men inside the targeted house filed complaints; one is known to police and later told neighbors he believed he was the intended target.
- No suspects have been located, and police are examining a possible link to a Renault Mégane found burned about an hour later in a nearby town.