A deadly fight on Christmas Eve in this village south of Toulouse? The gendarmerie opens an investigation

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What happened on the night of Tuesday December 24 to Wednesday December 25, 2024 in the village of Calmont? Shortly after midnight, a 47-year-old man diedsurrounded by his wife and three of his children, in front of his home located in a hamlet in this rural commune of Haute-Garonne with nearly 2,500 souls.

According to the wife of the deceased, reached by telephone by Toulouse News this Friday, December 17 after having mentioned on social networks the “assassination” of her husbandthe father of the family reportedly lost his life following a fight with people present near his home.

A nighttime commotion gone wrong?

Still according to this resident of Calmont, the source of the altercation was a nocturnal noise in the heart of this hamlet. Her husband would have gone out to stop the “firecracker noises” heard in the neighborhood, joined by three of these four children. The discussion would then have degenerated with the authors of the noise.

« My husband and children took several shots. And when he wanted to pick up his daughter, he didn’t get up,” says the mother. She explains that despite attempts at resuscitation, then the intervention of emergency services, he could not be brought back to life.

The gendarmerie opened an investigation

This Friday, December 27, the gendarmerie confirms Voice of Midi Lauragais the death of this man in his forties, on New Year's Eve, in this hamlet in the commune of Calmont. ” A investigation into the causes of death was opened. It is entrusted to the Villefranche-de-Lauragais research brigade,” continues this source close to the ongoing investigations, without confirming the fight and providing no comment on the facts.

According to the wife of the forty-year-old who lost his life, an autopsy of the body is to take place on Monday December 30. The results of this examination should allow investigators to learn more about the circumstances of this man's death. The wife also announces her intention to file a second complaint for assault and battery on his children.

With Marie Lamarque

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