Paris affluent district in front of the hospital shot dead, the gunman had a pickup and took off, police expanded the chase

Shooting in front of Henri Dunant Hospital in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. April 12, 2021.

A shooting in Paris, France, late this afternoon left one dead and one wounded. The gunman opened fire execution-style, killing one man and wounding another woman at the scene of the crime, who was a security officer at the hospital. The shooter had already fled by the time police arrived. Witnesses said the gunman had a pickup, and a two-wheeled moped a little further away was being started waiting to escape.

According to AFP, the shooting took place at 1:30 p.m. today at the Henri Dunant Hospital in the 16th district of Paris, near Saint-Cloud. According to local witnesses confirmed that a young hooded masked man with a gun shot two people. Witnesses said a total of six shots were fired. One man was wounded, and the gunman turned around and shot the wounded man twice in the head at close range, then steadily left, with a two-wheeled moped waiting in a slightly distant state, carrying the gunman away.

According to police, the shooter had already fled by the time police arrived at the scene of the shooting. The police quickly expanded their deployment in pursuit, and at press time, the shooter was still not caught.

According to sources, a security line has been set up in front of the hospital where the shooting took place. The hospital has narrowed its services and patients are being advised to delay or switch to other hospitals. The hospital, a private hospital facility overseen by the Red Cross, treats mainly elderly patients and has recently added a vaccination service center.

The wounded shooting victim was immediately resuscitated in the hospital. The wounded man was dead when he entered the emergency table. The other female, who was injured, is not currently in danger of death. Police did not release details of the location of the wounded man’s injuries.

According to eyewitnesses, a total of six gunshots were fired to horrify people on the street. Even though the shooter left, passersby are still shouting because the injured person on the ground is bleeding profusely and people on the road are calling for first aid.

According to the police, in addition to the pursuit of the shooter, at the same time to investigate the motive of the shooter. There is no news to report whether the shooter committed the crime randomly or against a targeted target, and whether the shooter and the murdered person knew each other or what kind of connection they had.

French justice has opened a case, the Paris criminal prosecution will be assigned to the task of investigating the Paris serious crime investigation, the current temporary ruling out terrorist attacks.