One Dead, Four Injured in Paris Bar Shooting; 3 Suspects Involved in Attack

At least one person was reported dead and four others injured during a shooting incident at a bar in Paris on Tuesday, 19 July.

Two men "got out of a car and shot at individuals seated at a bar's terrace," the local police was quoted as saying by news agency AFP. Later, authorities said that there were three assailants.

The incident took place on the 11th Arrondissement, a district in the city.

Note! Possible hit or terror attack in Paris.

1 dead and 4 injured after a shooting in a chicha bar in Paris.

One of the 2 attackers has escaped and a manhunt is underway to get him. The other was caught by the crowd. pic.twitter.com/7uBhikejlx

— Carlos Manuel Pimentel ☭ (@cpimentel986) July 18, 2022

While one of the attackers has been arrested, another is said to be on the run, and the third is seriously injured, as per local mayor Francois Vauglin.

“A shootout this evening has left one dead and 4 injured in a Chicha bar on rue Popincourt #Paris11. No element at this stage makes it possible to know the motivations behind this barbaric act. Bar patrons subdued one of the two assailants and the other is on the run,” Vauglin had said in a statement earlier.

He added that the National Police was “very actively searching for the second” shooter, and that “a medico-psychological cell will be opened as soon as possible for residents or witnesses."

Une fusillade ce soir vient de faire un mort et 4 blessés dans un bar à Chicha rue Popincourt #Paris11. Aucun élément à ce stade ne permet de connaître les motivations de cet acte barbare. Les clients du bar ont maîtrisé l’un des deux assaillants et l’autre est en fuite.

— François Vauglin (@FVauglin) July 18, 2022

(With inputs from AFP.)