Europe 1 with AFP 3:23 p.m., November 11, 2021, modified at 3:23 p.m., November 11, 2021
The 47-year-old was seriously injured by "shots from a pellet gun", but his life-threatening prognosis is not in jeopardy.
A man is "currently being heard in police custody" in Montauban, the prosecution said.
A 47-year-old man was seriously injured in the face Thursday in Montauban, in a hunting accident, and the suspected shooter was taken into custody, AFP learned from the firefighters and the prosecution.
He was hit by "shots from a pellet gun," before being taken to hospital "in serious condition," firefighters said.
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"Multiple shrapnel"
His vital prognosis is not committed, but he was hit in the face "by multiple shards of lead," said the prosecution.
A man is "currently in police custody" in Montauban in an investigation for "unintentional injuries in the context of a hunting action", he added.
According to firefighters, the accident took place around 11:30 am during a woodcock hunting party, some five kilometers south of the center of Montauban.
According to the prosecution, the two men knew each other and probably hunted together.