Gard: A man found dead, his body riddled with bullets, in his car in Nîmes

Violence devastated the Gard prefecture this weekend. A man in his forties was found dead on Sunday at midday, his body riddled with bullets in his car, in a working-class neighborhood in the east of Nîmes.

An investigation into “organized gang murder”

The victim was “known to the justice services, having already been in prison for violations of drug legislation in particular,” said Nîmes prosecutor Cécile Gensac in a press release, who opened an investigation for “organized gang murder.”

The events took place on the Courbessac road, close to the priority districts of Mas de Mingue and Chemin bas d'Avignon, according to a source close to the investigation. The victim’s body bore “several bullet holes,” she added.

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The attacker(s) fled, according to this source. A vehicle, “potentially linked to the facts”, was “found burned in the town of Saint-Gervasy”, around ten kilometers from Nîmes, said the prosecutor, specifying that “the trail of settling scores” is “studied”.