The man who shot six people and killed a firefighter during a shooting in a bar in Corsica surrendered to the police on December 25, 2024. He had opened fire two days earlier.
A 43-year-old man wanted for fatal shootings in a bar called Lamparo, located in the center of Ajaccio (Southern Corsica) on Monday, took himself prisoner on Wednesday evening, said the public prosecutor’s office. Ajaccio 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, and the man aged around 30, whose life was in danger, died.
The “trail of a private dispute between the author of the shots and the victim” is privileged, 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. The facts aroused a lot of emotion in Corsica.
“A repetition of acts”
“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.
“Human life seems insignificant compared to weapons”had for his part estimated the mayor of Ajaccio, Stéphane Sbraggia, on X adding: “It is also up to us to fight collectively against these evils which are plaguing our society and threatening our youth.”
The bar was closed
“Le Lamparo” was closed for two months by prefectural order in the face of “the repetition of serious criminal acts within a short period of time” but also in the face of “significant risk of recurrence”. 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.
An investigation for “assassination” was opened by the Ajaccio public prosecutor’s office
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