The man in a wheelchair, suspected of having shot his neighbor who was also disabled on Saturday April 17 in Gap (Hautes-Alpes), was indicted for murder, the Grenoble prosecutor said.
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The judge of freedoms and detention ordered his placement in pre-trial detention in a prison adapted to his physical and mental difficulties
," said Eric Vaillant about this 65-year-old man known until then in the courts for minor offenses and neighborhood disturbances.
The facts took place shortly after noon on Saturday in the lobby of a building in the Cedars district, located south of the city. The victim, also a 65-year-old man, was shot in the chest and died before help arrived. A second bullet impact was found on the glass door of the building by the forensic identity technicians (IJ) of the Marseille judicial police. The prime suspect was in a wheelchair following a stroke. Since this health problem, "
his behavior has changed
", slips a source close to the file.
The victim, like the accused, had an invalid parking card. The two men were in conflict over a parking space in the residence, reserved for this purpose but which obviously did not belong to either of them. A new argument allegedly erupted on the morning of the murder. "
The first elements of the investigation revealed that the victim had been shot following an argument with his neighbor concerning a parking space for the disabled that the respondent accused him of using improperly
", confirms the Grenoble prosecutor's office.
The suspect was arrested at his home without opposing resistance although the police had initially considered the hypothesis of an entrenched gunman. The murder weapon, a 12-gauge type hunting rifle, was found in his cellar.
