The crime was committed in the middle of the night in a peaceful district of Besançon (Doubs). Around 9 p.m. on Saturday evening, a man was shot dead in his car, informs Est Républicain.
The agents of the technical and scientific police (PTS) went on the spot for the first observations on the body of the victim. An autopsy should determine the exact circumstances of the homicide.
A heavy history of delinquency?
According to the regional daily, the man was known to justice for a past of delinquency. The investigation, entrusted to the judicial police of Besançon and to the departmental security, will have to determine the circumstances of the homicide.
“The sirens of the police and emergency vehicles were all voices out a short time ago this evening! Worrying, comments on Facebook an elected municipal LR opposition. Drama and insecurity are spreading, it seems, in all our streets (…) Settlement of scores or not… but a man seems to have been shot dead in his vehicle between the Vaites/Clairs soleil sector… if this is confirmed , our city is in danger in all these sectors of life”