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Police in Paris are hunting for a gunman who opened fire near a hospital, killing one man and seriously injuring a woman.
Officers said a man fired several shots outside the Henry Dunant, a private Red Cross hospital in the 16th district of the French capital which has been operating as a Covid-19 vaccination centre.
The suspect is believed to have shot the male victim multiple times in the head at around 1.40pm on Monday after a reported altercation outside the hospital, before fleeing on a motorcycle.
The hospital’s vaccination centre was operating at the time of the shootings, though the area has since been locked down by police.
Neither victim has been publicly identified, though the injured woman is a security guard at the hospital. She is being treated inside the same hospital, according to reports.
Francis Szpiner, Mayor of the 16th arrondissement, said the attack was not believed to be terror-related, describing it as “probably a case of score-settling”.
He told the media the security officer was likely “the victim of a stray bullet”. The official added that his thoughts are with the woman, who remains in a serious condition.
The Paris prosecutor has opened a murder investigation, a spokesperson said.
The police offered no other immediate details.
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