The man was “known to justice” for aggravated theft and had been implicated for minor violence.
A woman was found dead at the marital home where her companion died shortly after, near Uzès (Gard), said Sunday the prosecutor of Nîmes Cécile Gensac who opened an investigation for “intentional spousal homicide followed by suicide“.
The woman is “died of gunshot and stab wounds“, indicated the prosecutor Cécile Gensac in a press release specifying that the companion was found by the gendarmes “seriously injured by gunfire, a shotgun found at his side“, before dying despite the first aid provided.
Both children cared for
Around 8 p.m.,several stab wounds“were taken to the woman of about 35 who was also hit by gunfire” in the couple’s home in Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers, a rural town north of Nîmes», told AFP a source close to the investigation who said that one of their children gave the alert to a neighbor.
Police and firefighters arrived at the scene shortly before 10 p.m. The man, aged around 38, wasknown to justice“, according to the prosecutor of Nîmes, for aggravated thefts and had been implicated for minor violence.
“The couple’s two children, aged 9 and 13, were cared for by the crisis unit», specified the parquet floor of Nîmesand “were welcomed by the pediatric emergency department at the hospital.
“No other person seems to be implicated in the course of events.“, underlined the prosecutor. Autopsies are to be carried out on Tuesday, according to the source close to the investigation.
In 2021, 122 women were killed in France under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.