villeurbanne · FR
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A 16-year-old boy was shot and seriously wounded on a public street in Villeurbanne, in the Lyon metropolitan area, at around 1am on Saturday 15 August 2026. He was hit in the abdomen and in one calf and was taken to the Édouard Herriot hospital in Lyon, where he was admitted with his life in danger. According to a police source, two people fled the scene after the shooting, and cartridge cases of 7.62 and 7.65 mm calibre were recovered there. A source close to the case said the attackers were travelling on scooters and were armed with a long gun and a handgun, and placed the shooting in the Grandclément quarter. The Lyon public prosecutor's office said an investigation was opened on 15 August for attempted murder by an organised gang, transport and possession of a weapon, and criminal association, and was entrusted to the Rhône organised and specialised crime division. No arrest had been reported in connection with this shooting at the time of the cited report.
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- crime_category corrected from homicide to attempted_homicide: the victim survived and the investigation was opened for tentative de meurtre. city corrected from "lyon" to "villeurbanne" and coordinates moved from the Lyon centroid to the Villeurbanne centroid [45.7719, 4.8902].