Crime & Justice
Drive-by shooting near Paris kills one, wounds four; suspect arrested
October 23, 2026 at 10:56 AM · Updated 47m ago
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6 reports · 4 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 2 hours
A drive-by shooting in the Yvelines district west of Paris on Friday killed one person and injured four others, authorities said.
- A man fired several shots from a car in Trappes and La Verrière around 10:30 a.m., killing one person and injuring four.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced the casualties and confirmed the suspect had been arrested and placed in detention.
- Police arrested the suspect in Coignières in the Greater Paris area.
- France's national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office is monitoring the case, and the motive has not been established.
- Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh said the shooter appeared to fire randomly with intent to carry out a massacre.
- A 12-year-old girl was among the four people injured in the shooting, the mayor confirmed.
- France's national anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation for intentional homicide linked to a terrorist project on religious or ethnic grounds.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nounez said the suspect fired from a car at five people in three separate locations in Trappes and La Verrière.





