A man shot his father on Thursday, mortally wounding him, before turning the gun on himself and seriously injuring himself, in Laurac, Aude, AFP learned from a judicial source, confirming information from the
Dispatch noon
.
The drama took place at the end of the morning against a background of "
family dispute
" and the shooter was "
still hospitalized
" in the evening, the same source said, without being able to say if his vital prognosis was engaged.
According to La
Dépêche du Midi
, father and son had been angry "
for many years, following a dispute over an inheritance and since the separation of the parents
".
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Bullet in the chest
During an argument, the son fired point-blank at his father, who succumbed to his injuries half an hour later despite the arrival of help, the daily said.
After fleeing, the shooter was found in the neighboring town of Villasavary, unconscious near his vehicle, after visibly shooting himself in the chest.
He was transported in serious condition by helicopter to the Toulouse University Hospital, the
Dispatch
clarified .
