Shooting in Lamentin: two men wounded by gunfire near nightclub
Two men aged 36 and 39 were shot and wounded on Saturday morning in a car park near AS Discothèque in Lamentin. The nightclub was closed at the time of the incident.
Two wounded by gunfire in Lamentin car park after nightclub closure
According to la1ere.franceinfo.fr, gunfire erupted around 5:00 am on Saturday 31 May in a car park in the Pelletier district of Lamentin, near AS Discothèque. Two men, aged 36 and 39, were struck by bullets. The exact circumstances of the incident remain unknown at this stage.
Initial information indicates that the shooting took place after the establishment closed, with music having been turned off several minutes earlier. One of the nightclub's managers confirmed this account: "We were already closed. We don't know if it was people who were in the nightclub or not."
Emergency services were quickly dispatched to the scene. Firefighters took charge of the first man, aged 36, who had been wounded by a bullet to the abdomen. Conscious at the time of his evacuation, he was transported to casualty.
The second victim, aged 39, made his own way to Martinique University Hospital Centre (CHUM), presenting with a gunshot wound to the buttocks.
During the morning, criminal identification technicians searched the scene for shell casings. An investigation was opened to establish the precise circumstances of this latest incident of armed violence.
Source: Google News MQ — Crime