Newsman: Three people died and four others were injured after a gunman opened fire at a Kurdish community center in Paris Friday, Mayor Alexandra Cordebard said the shooting was nearby restaurant and barber shop local. The shooting has not been designated as a terrorist incident; though all avenues are being investigated. The suspected attacker has been arrested.
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the gunman’s motive is unclear and that an investigation has been launched.
Prosecutor Beccuau told journalists at the scene that the suspected attacker had previously been known to the police to have been allegedly involved in two incidents: One in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis and the other at a migrant tent camp in Bercy, near the French Finance Ministry, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin tweeted
“Following the dramatic shooting which took place this morning, I returned to Paris and will go to the scene. All my thoughts go to the families of the victims. The perpetrator was arrested.”
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