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
“Two people died in Lagardelle, Cahors prosecutor Alexandre Rossi said. 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 40s, wereobviously in the process of separation“, according to the prosecution. An investigation has been opened forspousal 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.