One person was killed and four others were injured Friday when a man opened fire from a vehicle in the town of Trappes and neighboring La Verrière, west of Paris. The shooting occurred around 10:30 am in the Yvelines district.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu confirmed that a suspect was apprehended and taken into custody. Police arrested the man in nearby Coignieres following the attacks in the Parisian suburbs.
French prosecutors are currently investigating the shooting as a suspected terrorist attack. Additionally, police are investigating a possible racist motivation behind the violence.