On Sunday night, a 15-year-old teenager was killed and four other people were injured by gunfire, including two children aged four and nine months, according to police sources quoted by AFP. They were all in an apartment in Fort-de-France in Martinique.

All the victims were minors, with the exception of an 18-year-old woman, according to the same source. The young adult woman and a 16-year-old teenager are between life and death. The two children, aged four and nine months, suffered leg injuries but their lives are not in danger, according to another police source. One woman was found unharmed.

The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. local time. According to the initial investigation, four people who had arrived on a scooter burst into an apartment in the Caribbean residence in the Rivière Roche industrial estate, opening fire on the occupants before fleeing. The motive for the shooting was unknown at this stage. The criminal investigation department was called in.