A man and a woman have been killed in a mystery shooting at a Paris bar.
They were shot at point-blank range on Sunday evening with one bullet each as they drank in the outside terrace of the bar in a residential part of the French capital's southern 14th district.
They tried to take refuge inside, but the man died at the scene and the woman died on the way to hospital, said police investigator Jean-Jacques Herlem. The gunman fled on foot.
Herlem called the shooting "mysterious" and said police did not yet know the motive.
"All hypotheses are obviously open. The investigation has just started," said a source close to the probe. The identities of the victims were not immediately given. The police crimes squad was handling the investigation.
There was a heavy police presence at the bar where the shooting took place, the Cafe Chineur.