A man was taken into police custody on Tuesday, suspected of having killed his wife in Bretoncelles (Orne),
Le Figaro
learned this Wednesday from a gendarmerie source, confirming information from France Bleu.
It was the victim's relatives who, worried about not having any news, called the gendarmerie.
The victim's husband was also injured when the police arrived.
Open investigation
Investigators will have to clarify the circumstances of the death of this woman aged around fifty.
Tuesday around 9 a.m., the gendarmes intervened at his home in Bretoncelles, in Orne.
On site, the soldiers discovered the victim dead from a gunshot, and her husband slightly injured, our source further specifies.
The man, also around fifty years old, was immediately taken into police custody, and is still there this Wednesday.
Significant research resources have been put in place.
Around ten gendarmes from the brigade of Longny-au-Perche and Mortagne-au-Perche as well as personnel from the department were present on the scene, our source details, adding that an investigation was opened by the public prosecutor's office. Alençon.