Police deploy reinforcements after shooting in Villeurbanne district
Two men shot in Villeurbanne; police deploy CRS reinforcements.
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Villeurbanne Shooting June 2026
Armed shooting incident in Villeurbanne, France on June 6-7, 2026, near midnight in the Tolstoï-Grandclément district. Two men shot by armed suspects arriving on electric scooter; victims sustained abdominal and leg injuries. Both transported to hospital; suspects fled the scene.
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2026-08-16 to 2026-11-13 · UTC publication dates
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Two men shot in Villeurbanne drug deal location shooting
Two men were shot in a firearms incident in the Tolstoï-Grandclément district of Villeurbanne, a suburb of Lyon in the Rhône region. The shooting occurred at a known drug dealing location near 9 rue Louis-Braille shortly after midnight. Two suspects arrived on an electric scooter, with one armed suspect opening fire on a group of people on the street. One victim was shot in the abdomen with a life-threatening prognosis, while the other was shot in the thigh. Both victims were transported to Édouard-Herriot Hospital in Lyon. The two suspects fled the scene and remained at large.
French authorities deploy CRS reinforcements to Villeurbanne district
The Rhône prefecture announced that a CRS (Compagnie Républicaine de Sécurité) unit would be deployed to the Tolstoï-Grandclément district of Villeurbanne on Sunday in response to the shooting. Villeurbanne's mayor, Cédric Van Styvendael, stated that the incident occurred within a context marked by an increase in violence and drug trafficking crimes in the metropolitan area.
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