Sports shooter, a septuagenarian kills his wife with an assault rifle, the accident theory accepted. The victim, aged 59, was shot in the head on Tuesday at the couple's home in Surgères.
The husband, placed in police custody, declared that he was handling the weapon, an MP15 assault rifle type, when the shot went off. “No marital conflict has emerged from the investigation so far. The autopsy revealed no traces of physical violence (other than the head shot),” the prosecutor previously indicated.