A homicide with a still unexplained motive.
A forty-year-old was killed in the night from Friday to Saturday by a gunshot in front of his home in Barsac (Gironde).
The alleged author of the shootings was arrested, we learned Sunday from the gendarmerie.
The victim, a 45-year-old man, and his wife were awoken shortly after 2 a.m. by the comings and goings of a vehicle outside their house.
Out to see what was going on, the man found himself facing a car, the occupant of which fired at him several times at close range with a shotgun, before fleeing, he said. it was specified from the same source, confirming information from the daily Sud-Ouest.
The 50-year-old wife of the victim alerted the police and the police, but her husband was declared dead on the spot.
In a state of shock, she was the subject of psychological care.
The alleged perpetrator identified and arrested
The gendarmerie investigators, on the basis of several indications, were able to identify the alleged perpetrator, arrested around 8:30 am, in Podensac, 6 km from the place of the facts.
He did not put up any resistance.
The suspect was taken into police custody, extended on Sunday, and should be brought before a magistrate on Monday.
According to the first elements, the motivation for the act still seemed confused on Sunday.
The man was an acquaintance of the victim, although they had apparently not dated for several years, said a source close to the investigation.
