Lacroix-Saint-Ouen: in the middle of a work meeting, he opens fire on his partner

It's a work meeting that could have ended very badly. Friday morning, around 9:30 am, a 60-year-old man opened fire three times on one of his associates, in the lobby of the Mercure hotel in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen.

The meeting started when the sixty-year-old took out a "long rifle pistol", according to the gendarmerie, and fired in the direction of the victim. She was slightly injured in the knee and was able to leave the Compiègne hospital center on Friday afternoon.

" It is bullshit "

"This is a settlement of accounts on the background of finance issues," said the gendarmerie of Compiègne. Both are partners in a real estate company. There was an exchange with the victim and suddenly he pulled out the revolver. It is bullshit. "

The motorcyclists of the motorized brigade, operating near Lacroix-Saint-Ouen, were the first to arrive. "The man did not put up any resistance, he did not rebel," say the gendarmes.

"He farted a cable"

In the hotel, panic quickly won the customers and the staff of the establishment who attended the whole scene. Many sought to flee during the gunfire.

"He farted a cable," blows a hotel employee. Work meetings like that, there are often here. Management declined to make further comments.

For the time being, the man, who has been placed in police custody, has not provided any explanation for his gesture. The investigation was entrusted to the research section of Amiens (Somme).