Ludovic Boumbas, 40, was having a birthday meal with friends when gunmen opened fire at people sitting on the terrace of La Belle Epique bar in the Rue de Charonne in the 11th district. Boumbas was from Congo but grew up in Lille, northern France.
A friend told Mail Online: “Ludo threw himself to protect a girl and took the bullet. She was also shot, but survived and is in the hospital.”
His friends described him as someone who loved people and travelling. “He was just one of life’s good, good people,” they said.