A man and a woman were indicted and imprisoned on Friday June 28 in the investigation into a shooting which left one dead in early June on the terrace of a restaurant in downtown Saumur, the Angers prosecutor’s office announced. . On June 3 at the end of the afternoon, the shooting caused the death of a 21-year-old young man, and left a 20-year-old injured in the hand. According to the prosecution, the facts would be “linked to a debt of 100 euros.” A 19-year-old young man, the alleged sponsor of the shooter, had already been indicted on June 8 for “complicity in assassination and assassination attempts” and placed in pre-trial detention. On Tuesday evening, investigators from the interdepartmental directorate of the national police (DIPN) in Angers arrested the two other suspects, a 25-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, in the Tours area. The man admitted in police custody to being the perpetrator, Angers public prosecutor Eric Bouillard said in a statement. He was charged with murder, attempted murder and unauthorized acquisition of a category B weapon. For her part, the young woman who was driving the shooter admitted to having assisted him during his escape, according to Mr. Bouillard. She was charged with complicity in murder, complicity in attempted murder and removing a criminal from searches. Both were placed in pre-trial detention and the investigation is continuing. “to clarify the circumstances of the facts”.
With AFP
