Overview

• Emergency services were called at 11:08 a.m. to rue de Crimée in the 3rd arrondissement near a gym.
• The victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was declared dead at the scene by a SMUR doctor.
• Police sources reported the use of an assault rifle in the attack.
• The Marseille prosecutor opened an investigation for organized assassination, criminal association, and destruction by dangerous means, with the DCOS taking the case.
• The victim’s identification is underway, no arrests have been made, bullet impacts struck the gym’s window, and no link to narcotics-related gang activity has been established.