a 34-year-old salesman shot dead by a man he came to approach

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Wednesday November 20, a 34-year-old salesman was shot and killed in the commune of Chavelot (Vosges), according to information from Vosges Morning confirmed by Lorraine News.

The main suspects, a 71 year old manwas taken into custody.

The salesman allegedly received several bullets in the back

The facts took place Wednesday around 11 a.m.. Contacted, the Vosges gendarmerie indicates that the sales representative approached the septuagenarian at home where he lives with his brother, when the man shot him.

The police were quickly alerted by a neighbor. On the scene, “investigators noted the presence, in the entrance of an individual house, ofa seriously injured man who died on the spot“, specifies Frédéric Nahon, public prosecutor of Epinal, in a press release. Originally from Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne), the victim managed a company specializing in house construction and real estate work.

The prosecutor indicates that “the first findings revealed the presence of two wounds, located in the back, compatible with two gunshots. An autopsy will be carried out on November 22 at the Nancy medical institute.

The prosecution requests the indictment of the suspect

The 71-year-old suspect was arrested and then placed in police custody. During his hearing, he chose to apply “his right to silence”, indicates Mr. Nahon. During the search of his home, several hunting weapons were seized.

Unknown to the justice system, the septuagenarian will be “presented before the investigating magistrate of the criminal division of the Epinal judicial court”. “The prosecution requests sa mise en exam counts of murder with requisitions for placement in pre-trial detention“, adds the prosecutor.

Research and investigations continue to find out how the events unfolded and the previous commercial relationships between the suspect and the victim.

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