For the second time in just over a week shots have been fired at a house on the Edmond de Grimberghestraat in the Brussels municipality of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. The latest incident happened at around 12:45am on Monday. On 14 September police detained the suspected gunman. The also detained a resident of the house after they found drugs inside the building.
The Brussels West Local Police Service says that at around 12:45am on Monday a man riding an e-scooter opened fire on a house on the Edmond De Grimberghestraat in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek.
The daily ‘Het Nieuwsblad’ reports that there are three new bullet holes in the façade of the house. The Brussels West Local Police Service told the Brussels regional news platform Bruzz that “We found several cartridge cases at the scene and new bullet holes. No one was injured”.
The prosecutor’s office and a ballistics expert went to the scene. No one has yet been detained in connection with the shooting.
Second time in just over a week
At around 6:30pm on Sunday 14 September shots were fired at the same house. Then too, no one was injured. Police found several bullet holes both on the front of the house and inside the building. A quantity of drugs was also found and one of the residents of the house was arrested.
The suspected gunman was also arrested not long after the shooting. He has since been charged with attempted murder and has been remanded in custody.