It was just a little after 05:00 on Monday morning that multiple shots were fired outside the “Le Kin’s” nightclub establishment, located in the “zone Thibaud.”
26-year-old Christopher Aurier would not survive the attempt made on his life, with the individual who committed this atrocity managing to escape down the road. The Tottenham Hotspur full-back, Serge Aurier’s brother was wounded in the abdomen, but managed to make it some way down the street before collapsing.
A member of the public attempted to administer CPR on the victim before emergency services made it to the scene. The young man was then transported in a critical condition to Rangueil hospital, where he would later be pronounced dead. At the same time, his murderer escaped in the night.
The Toulouse prosecutor immediately charged local police investigators with the task of beginning their inquest into the perpetrator and their actions. They arrived on the scene to speak with witnesses and develop a timeline of events that led to the tragic death of this young man, who was a well-known figure in the world of football in Toulouse.
Police are still trying to piece together what exactly happened in “Le Kin’s” that produced this tragic incident. Located on the rue Colomiès, a cul-de-sac, eyewitnesses told La Dêpeche du Midi that they didn’t even know that the establishment existed.
Set back from the street and hidden behind a building, Le Kin’s is, in its own words, a “bar, restaurant, dancing, karaoke” establishment. The local media claims that it is mainly a hookah bar, the smoking of hookah being something that Christopher Aurier regularly engaged in.
Asleep in front of Le Kins in his car, an individual who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol told police on Monday morning that he did not know what had happened.
On Tuesday, those close to Christopher paid tribute to him at the Stade des Minimes, a local synthetic pitch where he and his friends would often be found.
