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A 55-year-old man suspected of having shot dead a forty-something this weekend in front of his home in Barsac in Gironde, was indicted for "murder" Monday evening in Bordeaux and remanded in custody.

On the night of Friday to Saturday, the victim, a 45-year-old man, and his wife were awoken shortly after 2 a.m. by the comings and goings of a 4X4 near their house.

Intrigued by the sound of the engine, the forty-something went out to see what was happening, stepping over his bedroom window, a gun in his hand.

According to the testimony of the wife, who witnessed the scene from her bed, the victim was stranded against a wall by the vehicle.

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From his vehicle, windows down, the driver fired three shots at the victim "two of which were to prove fatal", before fleeing.

The 50-year-old wife of the victim alerted the police and the police, but her husband was declared dead on the spot.

The woman, in a state of shock, was the subject of psychological care.

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Saturday morning, a man presented himself to the Podensac gendarmerie, 6 km from the scene of the homicide.

Immediately placed in police custody, however, he denied being the author of the homicide throughout his hearings.

According to the gendarmerie, the man is 55 years old.

Suspected of being "the alleged perpetrator", he was referred Monday morning before an investigating judge in Bordeaux who ordered his indictment for "murder".

The motives for the homicide remained unexplained on Monday.

The man was an acquaintance of the victim, even though they had apparently not dated for several years, said a source close to the investigation on Sunday.

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