One Dead, One Wounded in Clermont-Ferrand Shootings as Police Probe Drug Feud

Overview

• A 20-year-old was struck by multiple rounds around 8:30 p.m. in the Croix-Neyrat neighborhood and later died at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, police said.
• A 53-year-old resident was shot a few hundred meters away and suffered a non–life-threatening arm wound, according to TF1.
• Police say the working theory points to a settling of scores linked to drug dealing in the area.
• TF1 reports the assailants fled in an unidentified vehicle and that 13 spent 7.62 mm casings were recovered at the scene.
• The Organized and Specialized Crime Division has taken over the case as the city records a rise in narcotraffic violence this year, with at least five killed and one gravely injured, Le Parisien reports.