A man was killed in the night from Friday to Saturday by a gunshot in front of his home in Barsac, Gironde, we learned from the gendarmerie.
The author was arrested, but the motive for the murder remains unexplained.
The 45-year-old victim left her home around 2 a.m. after being awakened by the comings and goings of a vehicle in the vicinity of the house.
A forty-year-old was killed in the night from Friday to Saturday of a gunshot in front of his home in Barsac (Gironde), a homicide with a still unexplained motive, whose alleged perpetrator was arrested, we learned on Sunday with the gendarmerie.
The motivation for the act, still confused
The victim, a 45-year-old man, and his wife were woken up shortly after 2 a.m. by the comings and goings of a vehicle outside their home.
Out to see what was going on, the man found himself facing a car, the occupant of which fired at him several times at close range with a shotgun, before fleeing, he said. the same source said, confirming information from the daily Sud Ouest.
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.
The gendarmerie investigators, on the basis of several indications, were able to identify the alleged perpetrator, arrested around 8:30 am, in Podensac, 6 km from the place of the facts.
He did not put up any resistance.
The suspect was taken into police custody, extended on Sunday, and should be brought before a magistrate on Monday.
According to the first elements, the motivation for the act still seemed confused on Sunday.
The man was an acquaintance of the victim, although they had apparently not dated for several years, said a source close to the investigation.