A man in his forties shot his wife Monday before committing suicide in their house in the village of Lagardelle, in the Lot, according to the first elements of the investigation communicated Wednesday by the parquet floor of Cahors
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Two people died at Lagardelle, said Cahors prosecutor Alexandre Rossi.
It is about a couple (...) The man would have killed the woman with a firearm
” then he would have “
turned this weapon against him
”.
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The couple, in their forties, was "
obviously in the process of separation
", according to the prosecution.
An investigation has been opened for “
spousal homicide
”.
The facts took place after the couple accompanied their 11-year-old child to school on Monday morning, who has since been entrusted to a specialized structure.