At least one dead and four injured in a shooting near Paris that the Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office is investigating

A man shot several people this Friday morning from a vehicle in the towns of Trappes and La Verrière, in the Yvelines department, west of Paris. The shooting left one dead and four injured and the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office has announced that it has opened an investigation into the case.

The alleged shooter was arrested shortly after by police officers in Coignières, also in Yvelines. The events occurred around 10:30 a.m. Emergency services continue to intervene in the area and the death toll is not yet definitive.

The French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, assured on the social network X that the security forces are fully mobilized. "The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office is following the situation," he had said before the Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office itself announced that it is taking charge of the investigation.

The mayor of the town of La Verrière, Nicolas Dainville, where one of the shootings took place, explained on the BFMTV channel that three people were injured in his municipality, including a 12-year-old girl who was hit eight times by bullets, and whose condition had been stabilized.

The other two injured in La Verrière are two men aged 29 and 49, who were transferred to two hospitals in the Paris region, Dainville said.

The mayor, although cautious about the nature of the events, indicated that the perpetrator appeared to have selected his victims based on their race. He also said that the detainee's name is Kevin and he is originally from Saint Cyr, a city in the same department. Law enforcement is checking to see if he had a criminal record.