The young man shot in Carcassonne, while handling a weapon, was placed in pre-trial detention before his trial

After 48 hours of police custody, a 20-year-old from Carcasson was brought to the courthouse this Thursday, June 27. He is being prosecuted for “prohibited possession of category B weapon (a semi-automatic pistol, Editor’s note)“also for “reporting of an imaginary offense to the judicial authorities”. To understand, we must refer to Tuesday June 25 in Carcassonne, shortly before 2 p.m. That day, a young man came out of the building located at 51 rue du Pont Vieux with a bleeding leg. He claims to have been shot, and that the perpetrator is on the run. He will even go so far as to give a report. Injured in a thigh and a calf, he was treated and evacuated to the emergency room of the hospital center, without his life being in danger. During this time, the Carcassonne public prosecutor’s office opened proceedings for attempted murder and referred the matter to the judicial police for further investigations.

Pending psychiatric expertise.

Very quickly, during the search carried out in the injured person’s apartment, the police finally discovered a bullet casing and traces of blood, suggesting that the events took place there. Questioned again upon his release from the hospital as part of his placement in police custody, the injured person then ended up saying that he injured himself while handling a weapon. The small-caliber bullet thus passed through his thigh and hit his calf below. There was only one shot, and the perpetrator denounced was pure imagination. Presented to the Carcassonne public prosecutor’s office this Thursday afternoon, the accused was then sent to the judge of liberties and detention (JLD), who decided to place him in provisional detention. He will be tried during a deferred appearance, as soon as the psychiatric assessment requested for him has been carried out.