Lockdown: Security boost at all French schools and religious buildings after Toulouse shootings The gunman was apparently still at large Monday afternoon, hours after the attack at the school. A freelance journalist in Toulouse told France 24 that the medieval city has many narrow, winding roads, making it easy to evade police cars while on a scooter. The first attack occurred in Toulouse on March 10, leaving one paratrooper dead, while the second happened last Thursday in Montauban, 30 miles away. According to police, the assailant used the same gun in each incident. The gunman responsible for today's shooting was riding what has been described by witnesses as a powerful, black scooter. One of the firearms used was of the same calibre as the weapon in the previous attacks. Mr Sarkozy's interior minister, Claude Gueant, will remain in Toulouse for as long as it takes to solve the three shootings, which are believed by French authorities to be linked.