Mérignac (33): shooting in broad daylight in the parking lot of McDonald's and the bakery

There were no injuries. But the consequences of the shots, exchanged this Saturday in the late morning from two parking lots in the rue des Châtaigniers, along the ring road at Mérignac, could have been much more dramatic. Several shots fired, with several weapons of different caliber reached no one. Laurent Moindrot, who opened the Angel Bakery and his Angel café space for fast food less than two months ago would have "preferred a hazing other."

A gathering then shots

It was between two Bread delivery rounds, Saturday around 11 am, when from the back of the bakery he saw a crowd then saw people running . "I heard a shot when I closed the door. Others followed. "He speaks quickly.To evacuate and because he has no time to lose.

People gathered in his parking lot not far from a fence" had bought two or three little things at home and went a little further.But they did nothing wrong.They waited I do not know what, looking towards the Mc Do. Then they set in motion and shots were fired. They fired at each other from our parking lot in the direction of Mc Donald's car park. "

A bullet impact

" Fortunately, at this time, there is no had no one on the terrace and few people in store ", continues the manager. "We called the police, we closed the doors and we waited." He confessed "a little disturbed" at the sight of the impact of a bullet on one of the windows of his business. "In retrospect we think it could have gone otherwise … It's cold in the back."

The shooting ended, the protagonists fled. Witnesses have been able to intercept two vehicles and arrest their occupants. Six men from the Traveler community were placed in police custody. In view of the seriousness of the facts and the use of handguns with live ammunition, it is the interregional direction of the judicial police (DIPJ) of Bordeaux which was seized. The investigations into what appears to be the settlement of a dispute that occurred in the night are just beginning. With kept in custody we can not be more vague about their participation in the facts.