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A 15-year-old minor was shot dead this Monday, April 7, early in the afternoon, reveal BFMTV and the newspaper Progress. The drama occurred in the town of Vaulx-en-Velin, in the Rhône.
Several shots were heard by residents, at the level of the boats. Quickly alerted, the police went there and discovered the victim’s body. Despite an attempt at resuscitation, it is declared dead on the spot.
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Drug trafficking
The victim would be a “cozy rider”, that is to say an individual in charge of the sale of narcotics. The shooting took place on a deal point located on the Chemin des Barques. This location for the sale of drugs had already been dismantled by the DIPN (Interdepartmental Direction of the National Police), before dealers invest it again.
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Also according to information from Progressthe young boy was shot down to the heads, taken from a handgun. The perimeter was completed, and a school, located nearby, was confined. Later in the afternoon, the prefect and the mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin went there, where emotion was still lively.