( CNN ) -- Paris police on Tuesday continued to search for the man who shot a photographer twice near the heart with a shotgun in the lobby of the French daily newspaper Liberation on Monday . The victim was in intensive care , Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said . The gunman fled after the attack , and authorities released photos showing a 5-foot-6-inch to 5-foot-8-inch tall man with a `` European appearance '' and graying hair . He was estimated to be between 35 and 45 years old . Police said he was carrying one or two bags and was wearing a khaki parka or a green pullover , a dark sleeveless vest , green-and-white basketball shoes and a dark cap . On Tuesday , police released another image of the suspect that showed him wearing what appeared to be a red parka , blue T-shirt and pale brown knitted hat . Paris police had no information about the man 's motive , and prosecutors issued a plea for witnesses who may have seen a man `` making death threats while carrying a gun , '' according to a statement . The suspect apparently also opened fire in front of Societe Generale towers in Paris , the international bank said on Twitter . There were no injuries in that shooting , and police are investigating , the bank said . Another man told police he was carjacked in the neighborhood of La Defense . The bank 's towers are in the same neighborhood . The man said he dropped the assailant off near the Champs-Elysee , the city 's main street , according to police . On Friday , a gunman broke into BFMTV , threatening journalists before fleeing . The description of the man at Liberation is similar to that of the man at BFMTV , and the gun used was of similar caliber , police said . But it has not been established that it was the same man . ' A fundamental freedom ... critically injured ' `` We will do everything in our power to catch this individual , '' Interior Minister Manuel Valls announced Monday . `` In our country , we can not accept those who attack our fundamental rights , a right that women and men have always fought for all over the world . Lives have been lost over this right . '' There had been no recent threats against the paper , and security was not high , managing editor Fabrice Rousselot told CNN affiliate BFMTV . `` Liberation is not and never has been a bunker . Liberation is a place of freedom , '' publisher Nicolas Demorand said . `` We do not want to work behind bulletproof glass . We do not want to work behind iron curtains . ... `` We do n't know the motivation , whether this was an act by a madman , but we can see today that a fundamental freedom has been critically injured . '' Demorand told BFMTV that the 23-year-old assistant photographer was `` a little better '' Tuesday , but still in critical condition . CNN 's Josh Levs contributed to this report .
Police asked for witnesses release descriptions of injuries . A newspaper employee was shot twice near the heart . A policeman opened fire in the lobby of the French daily Liberation . There were no injuries in a restaurant and when a shot was fired outside a bank .