Overview
- A wave of intimidation gunfire that spread across Décines-Charpieu, Vénissieux and Villeurbanne over the weekend led to a suspect’s arrest in Villeurbanne.
- Officers say he fled on an electric scooter and was caught with a long gun, with local reports adding a handgun was also seized.
- Two bystanders were hurt Friday night in Décines-Charpieu when rounds fired at parked cars struck a mother in the calf and grazed a 16-year-old’s ear.
- CRS 83 riot police were deployed to Décines-Charpieu Sunday evening as a short-term reinforcement.
- Police link the shootings to rival drug networks that use fire at cars, doors and façades to intimidate, while residents report lasting fear and postal deliveries in parts of Vénissieux were recently suspended after earlier fusillades.