An 83-year-old man was arrested for having killed on the night of Friday to Saturday December 10 in Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes) a neighbor, aged 21 and known to the police, we learned from judicial sources. and police.
The victim was shot and wounded on Saturday evening in the sensitive district of Ronde Couture, and she succumbed to her injuries shortly after, the Charleville Mézières prosecutor's office told AFP on Saturday.
The alleged perpetrator was arrested at the scene, the same source added.
He was placed in police custody, said the Reims prosecution, co-seized of the case.
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The victim was known to the police for minor offenses of violence or offenses against narcotics legislation, a source close to the investigation said, adding that the two protagonists were close neighbors.
An investigation was opened for intentional homicide and entrusted to the Charleville-Mézières police station and the Reims judicial police.