Overview
- Shots were fired around 2:30 p.m. on November 13 in Marseille’s 4th arrondissement near the city’s largest concert hall.
- The public prosecutor opened an investigation for organized murder and criminal conspiracy and assigned the case to the DCOS.
- Several 9 mm shell casings were recovered at the scene and the victim was unknown to police and judicial services.
- Police are seeking two suspects as accounts described a shooter on a motorcycle who fired multiple times before fleeing.
- Mayor Benoît Payan expressed shock and warned that confirmation of an intimidation motive would mark a serious escalation, noting the family previously lost another son to a 2020 narco-homicide.