A man in his forties was shot dead on Tuesday evening in the village of Guiscard, near Noyon, according to information from our colleagues from Courrier Picard confirmed to Parisian by the Compiègne prosecutor's office.
The murderer, also in his forties, died on Wednesday after turning the murder weapon against him.
An investigation for assassination was opened and entrusted to the research brigade of the gendarmerie of Compiègne.
According to the first investigations, it is the track of a dispute in a context of separation which is strongly privileged.
"The author of the shootings killed his wife's new companion", indicates Marie-Céline Lawrycz, public prosecutor of Compiègne.
According to the testimonies collected by the investigators, it would seem that the murderer and his wife had separated recently but that they were still civilly bound.
Investigations into “the family context and the personality of the author”
It was 9 p.m. when the man broke into the home where the couple had just moved.
If the exact sequence of events remains to be determined, it appears that he shot the new spouse before attempting to end his life.
All under the eyes of her ex who was present in the apartment.
"Which is far from trivial," blows a policeman present on the spot.
Seriously injured, he was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a few hours after the incident.
If the public action must be extinguished due to the death of the defendant, resulting in the abandonment of the proceedings, investigations "are in progress on the family context and on the personality of the author", specifies Marie - Celine Lawrycz.
In particular to allow the relatives of the victim, who was a father, as for those of the respondent, to have elements of explanation for this terrible gesture.
This is the second time in five years that this quiet town in the north east of the department has been bereaved in this way.
In September 2017, Sindy, a 34-year-old mother and two of her five children, aged 3 and 5, were shot dead by their husband and father on the platform of Noyon station.
The official of the Paris police headquarters, 38 years old, who had not supported that his wife wanted to leave him, had also turned the weapon against him.
The drama took place under the eyes of one of the couple's twins, a 5-year-old girl who had been spared.