He could have died there. On April 22, 2024, Kendji Girac was seriously injured in Biscarrosse (Landes). That night, the 28-year-old singer shot himself in the chest while he was in his caravan on a Travelers' stop. Emergency transported to the Bordeaux hospital center, he was able to be treated in time.
More than six months after the tragedy, the former winner of The Voice is doing much better. While he has just unveil his new albuma report was dedicated to him. Indeed, the investigative magazine Current secrets made its comeback on W9 on Wednesday November 13. Now hosted by Dominique Tenza, he took an interest in Kendji Girac for his first issue.
Kendji Girac could have had “big problems with the law”
Following the hospitalization of Kendji Girac, an investigation has been opened. Very quickly, his weapon was discovered in a bush. “It's a Colt 911 A1. It is a powerful weapon, a caliber 45, that is to say an 11 mm” reported weapons and ammunition expert Jean-Pierre Bastié.
To hold this category B weaponthe interpreter of Gypsy Color should have hold an authorization. Kendji Girac, however, possessed it illegally. “We are in a situation which is a violation of the law, if I dare say so, if it had fallen on the local grandpa, he would be in prison and he would have big problems with the justice system, even in the months to come. come” explained the expert. A situation which could therefore have been even more dramatic.
The singer was not prosecuted for possession of a weapon
At the start of the investigation,
Kendji Girac tried to hide his weapon because he knew he was trespassing. The artist, however, ended up telling the truth to investigators and admitted to being the shooter. The investigation was therefore closed without further action.
As Jean-Pierre Bastié revealed, he could have been prosecuted for two offenses : consumption of narcotics and possession of a weapon. The prosecutor, however, asked him to “pay two citizen contributions”, seeing that he had no criminal record and measuring “the seriousness of his offenses which contributed to his self-inflicted injuries”. A decision which probably played a role in his good recovery.
