Actively wanted since the shooting which left one dead and six injured in a busy bar in Ajaccio, the suspected shooter surrendered to the police this Wednesday, December 25, late in the afternoon.
Emotions are still strong in the Corsican imperial city, two days after the shooting which left one dead and six injured in a bar in downtown Ajaccio. While the investigation progresses, a 43-year-old man wanted for fatal shootings committed on Monday took himself prisoner on Wednesday evening, the Ajaccio prosecutor's office said in a press release.
He was placed in police custody, said the public prosecutor, Nicolas Septe. He is suspected of being the author of the fatal shooting of a young firefighter, within the “Le Lamparo” establishment in the center of Ajaccio, Monday evening. Six people were also injured.
The “track of a private dispute between the author of the shots and the victim” is favored, the prosecutor indicated on Tuesday.
The investigations are in the hands of an investigating magistrate for “attempted murder and murder”, and entrusted to the judicial police. A search was carried out at the house in custody after he surrendered, we learned Morning run. The autopsy of the firefighter's body must also take place this Thursday, December 26.
Contacted by our colleagues from the Corsican media, the suspect's lawyer assures that he will not assert his right to silence: “He will explain this dramatic evening,” confides Me Philippe Gatti.
Strong emotions
The events, which took place two days before Christmas, aroused great emotion in Corsica. Pierre-Louis Giorgi, barely 33 years old, was a professional firefighter highly appreciated in the imperial city. “Pilou” – that’s what his loved ones nicknamed him – still carried with him the scars of a destructive fire which, in 2017, ravaged 450 hectares of maquis, on the heights of Bastelica. An intervention which earned the young firefighter and his four colleagues the bronze medal for internal security. Pierre-Louis Giorgi also frequented the Ajaccian ring club, where he fought as an amateur. Wednesday evening, a vigil took place in front of his boxing club in Ajaccio.
“Aiacciu (Ajaccio in the Corsican language) and Corsica are mourning one of their children, whose life was cut short, and several seriously injured. The time is for mourning. The time for collective reflection will necessarily come to put an end to this madness “, Gilles Simeoni, president of the Corsican community, wrote on Tuesday on X.
In one week, we went from joy to tragedy. Aiacciu and Corsica mourn one of their children, whose life was cut short, and several seriously injured.
The time has come for mourning. There will necessarily come that of collective reflection to put an end to this madness. https://t.co/vPYcwJGOk5
— Gilles Simeoni (@Gilles_Simeoni) https://twitter.com/Gilles_Simeoni/status/1871564690230485003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“Human life seems paltry compared to weapons,” said the mayor of Ajaccio, Stéphane Sbraggia, on .
“Le Lamparo” was closed for two months by prefectural order faced with “the repetition of serious criminal acts within a short period of time” but also faced with the “significant risk of repetition”. The “management of this trade constitutes a source of serious disturbance to public order”, underlined the prefecture.
On the night of November 15 to 16, the boss of Lamparo was hit by two shots in the leg in front of his establishment, without his life being in danger. A man was remanded in custody for attempted homicide.
