2023-08-19 23:54:08
In the middle of August, the streets of Juan-les-Pins were loaded with holidaymakers coming and going from the beaches, especially during this period of high heat. It was around 5:30 p.m. this Saturday when many witnesses on rue Saint-Honorat, one of the main axes, heard gunshots.
A man has indeed just fired in the direction of a hairdressing salon but also a barber. At least three shots are heard. Inside the business, where several people are, a man is seriously injured. When the firefighters arrive, they discover this employee of the salon, aged around 30, injured in the abdomen and chest with “several wounds”, according to the firefighters interviewed by France Blue.
Following the shooting that took place today in Juan-les-Pins causing a serious injury, a reinforcement of the security system has been put in place in Antibes and Vallauris
Thanks and support to our police forces who quickly intervened
The investigation is ongoing— Jean Leonetti (@JeanLeonetti) August 19, 2023
He was evacuated, urgently and under police escort, in critical condition to the Pasteur hospital in Nice. The alleged perpetrator of the shooting was very quickly picked up by a second individual, aboard a very powerful scooter, again according to witnesses. They quickly fled.
“Left as quickly as they came”
Other employees and customers present were not injured. After hearing the shots, “I turn my head and I see someone on a TMax (a scooter, editor’s note) with a helmet, then I see the other come out with his weapon, he puts it in a big bag . The other was waiting for him, they left as quickly as they came,” a witness told local radio.
The area was closed to traffic during the intervention of the emergency services and the first findings of the investigators. They have already been able to hear several witnesses, including business customers, in shock. The investigation was handed over to the federal police.
On X (formerly Twitter), the mayor of Antibes, a neighboring town, Jean Leonetti announced that following this “shooting that took place today in Juan-les-Pins causing one serious injury, a reinforcement of the security system is being put in place place in Antibes and Vallauris”.
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