Two people were taken into police custody Monday after the discovery the day before of the body of a man shot dead in a Var station, we learned from the public prosecutor.
The homicide suspect, identified by investigators, was arrested Monday at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, "while he had fled with his companion and his child," said the prosecutor of Draguignan , Guy Bouchet, in a press release.
The victim was shot twice
The couple were taken into custody and a judicial investigation should be opened within the next 48 hours, he added.
Sunday, around 5:30 am, the lifeless body of a man, already known to the judicial authority, had been discovered by users of the Les Arcs en Provence train station.
According to the first testimonies, the victim was shot dead by two shots fired by a man, who then fled in a vehicle.
The investigation was entrusted to the services of the research section of the national gendarmerie supported by the staff of the Draguignan research brigade.
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