[10] The mass shooting took place on 23 December 2022, shortly before noon, on Rue d'Enghien in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, near the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Centre.

[1][24] During the investigation, he said that he would have first "sought to shoot foreigners in Saint Denis" before he changed his mind and decided to target the Kurdish community in the 10th arrondissement, faced with the lack of people in the streets.

[32] During the hearings before the investigating judge, he made profane remarks of "unambiguous racism",[1] and he was released on 12 December 2022 and placed under judicial supervision.

[33][34] Despite those legal convictions, he was never registered in the FINIADA (a national file of persons who are prohibited from acquiring and possessing weapons) and no search had been carried out at his home.

[39][40] An investigation of assassination, intentional homicide, aggravated violence, and weapons violations was opened and allocated to the criminal brigade of the DRPJ.

[43] During Darmanin’s visit to the crime scene on 23 December, police clashed with Kurdish protestors, firing tear gas at them.

[44] Hundreds of Kurds gathered outside the center and in neighboring streets to protest the shootings, clashing with security forces, throwing stones and garbage cans.

[10] It was announced that in France, Kurdish community centers would be guarded 24 hours a day to prevent a similar event.