A 47-year-old man was shot dead in Nîmes on October 11, in his vehicle parked on Route de Courbessac. The prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for organized murder. According to Paris Match, the victim had a criminal record with fourteen convictions, notably for drug-related offenses and for the violent assault of a luxury watch seller accepting cryptocurrencies. In March 2024, he had also been placed under investigation, along with his brother and three other individuals, for a kidnapping and extortion case involving an entrepreneur in Paris. Investigators are focusing their inquiries on a possible settling of accounts, although the motive has not yet been established.
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