A 45-year-old woman was shot in the head on Wednesday at her home in Panazol, in the agglomeration of Limoges (Haute-Vienne).
“Around 8 pm, the lifeless body” of this woman “was discovered at her home rue Edith Piaf in Panazol by a neighbor who had intervened after hearing a detonation” indicates this Thursday the prosecutor of the Republic of Limoges, Emilie Abrantes. The first findings “made it possible to establish that the cause of death would be consecutive to a firearm injury at the level of the head. »»
Two of the victim’s children, aged 13 and 16, who were in the home at the time of the events, were taken to the hospital in order to be the subject of psychological care.
A suspect placed in police custody of the chief of murder
“The same evening at 10:50 pm, the main suspect, a 32-year-old man who had been seen leaving the victim’s home after the shot, went to the police forces,” continues the prosecutor. The latter was placed in police custody of the chief of murder.
The investigations are currently underway, and “many hearings will be carried out, in particular with the aim of establishing the circumstances of the death and determining the nature of the relations between the victim and the suspect. The survey was entrusted to the organized and specialized crime division of Limoges SIPJ.
According to the radio here, and according to the first elements of the investigation, other people were at the victim’s home at the time of the events.