What happened on Saturday evening behind closed doors in a Limoges accommodation, in Haute-Vienne.
When the emergency services and the police arrive on the spot, shortly after 8 p.m., they find a woman lying on a sofa, a bullet in the head, and her sister trying to revive her, indicates
Le Parisien
.
They will try to save her, in vain.
The companion of the young woman is also on the spot.
It was he who allegedly called his friend's sister, completely distraught after accidentally shooting the young woman, according to his statements.
The 30-year-old explained to investigators that he was handling a 7.65 caliber pistol when it jammed.
He would then have pulled the trigger, the bullet hitting his companion present on the sofa, reports the daily which specifies that the man and the sister of the victim were still being heard this Sunday by the investigators of the judicial police.
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