A 77-year-old man was arrested and taken into police custody on Wednesday evening in Olivet (Loiret), near Orleans.
He is suspected of having fired a rifle at his 79-year-old wife.
She was seriously injured in the arm and hospitalized, but her life is not in danger, reports France Bleu Orléans.
Towards the opening of a judicial investigation
According to our colleagues, the police were alerted by a neighbor who heard a detonation and screams.
On the spot, the police discovered the septuagenarian, drunk.
He was taken to a sobering-up cell before being questioned.
According to
La République du Center
, the man refused to explain his gesture and asserted his “right to silence”.
Police custody was extended on Thursday.
Judicial information should be opened by the Orléans prosecutor's office.
The attempted murder could be retained by the public prosecutor, depending on the progress of hearings and procedures.
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