A woman was seriously injured Friday evening by firearm in Sélestat (Bas-Rhin), and the suspect, his ex-partner, was then found dead in the cellar of his building by the Raid called in as reinforcement, announced the Colmar parquet.
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According to a police source, several witnesses heard an argument on the public highway followed by a detonation.
The young woman, born in 1990, was unconscious when help arrived.
She was transported to a hospital in Strasbourg.
According to the prosecution, the investigations
"were quickly directed towards his ex-partner"
.
The police went to his home before discovering that the man had
"holed up and barricaded"
in a cellar.
The Raid was called in for reinforcement, and the cellar door could be forced
"with difficulty".
The suspect was found deceased with a gunshot wound to the head.
"He very likely committed suicide,"
said the prosecution.
The flagrance investigation will attempt to determine the circumstances of the facts.
