A 90-year-old man who shot a psychologist on Thursday with whom he had an appointment in Canéjan, near Bordeaux, seriously injuring her, was hospitalized automatically in a psychiatric hospital, the prosecution said Friday (September 18th).
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The man, who will be 91 years old in November, was the subject of a psychiatric examination which concluded that he was criminally irresponsible.
In view of his dangerousness, he was the subject of compulsory hospitalization.
The prosecution will nevertheless open a judicial investigation for attempted murder with requisition of a committal warrant, in case the doctors decide to lift the compulsory hospitalization, said the prosecution.
For unknown reasons, the nonagenarian drew his pistol and shot the 43-year-old psychologist, who received him at the communal social action center of Canéjan, a town on the edge of the vineyards in the Bordeaux agglomeration. Urgently transported to Bordeaux University Hospital, the victim's vital prognosis had not been committed. According to the
Sud Ouest
newspaper
, the woman was seriously injured in the shoulder.
