A 59-year-old hunter was placed in police custody on Monday February 7 after the shooting death of a sexagenarian during a hunting trip in Loir-et-Cher, the Blois prosecution announced on Tuesday.
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The victim, a 66-year-old hunter, was found unresponsive at the foot of the watchtower on which she was initially installed, suggesting discomfort.
When help arrived, "
the Samu actually found two holes, one entry and the other exit, in the neck
", caused by a big game bullet, the prosecution said in a press release.
Unknown to justice, the hunter placed in police custody occupied another watchtower, located in the same alignment, at a distance of approximately 160 m.
“
Only one shot was fired during the hunting action which began around 2:30 p.m., by the hunter
” finally arrested.
He "
explained having shot a fox at the start of the hunt
" passed between his watchtower and that of the victim.
“
It is by firing this shot towards the fox that the bullet would undoubtedly have reached the hunter
” killed, reports the prosecution.
“
The thesis of a shot reaching the victim by ricochet is privileged
”, underlines the prosecution, specifying that an investigation “
of the count of manslaughter has been opened
”.
The hunting party brought together around twenty hunters in the town of Vallières-les-Grandes, east of Amboise.