A 25-year-old father and daughter, horse breeders, were killed on Sunday, July 27 in Labastide-Gabausse, a small village north of Albi. The author of the shots, owner of a field rented to the victims, then killed himself.
A double homicide followed by the author’s suicide: a terrible drama occurred Sunday July 27 in Labastide-Gabausse, a small village located about fifteen kilometers north of Albi. The two victims, a father and his daughter, were shot by a 56 -year -old man who then killed himself.
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An important security device had been deployed during the day to locate the author. The gendarmes of the Albi company had received the reinforcement of the soldiers of the other PSIGs of the department but also of the Toulouse antenna of the GIGN.
A horse breeder and his daughter killed by bullets
The two victims were domiciled in Virac, a neighboring village. The father, a 65 -year -old farmer, “raised horses in the town for many years,” said the mayor of Virac, Aline Redo, currently on the move but who was informed yesterday of the drama. “He has retired recently,” continues the elected official, and wanted to pass the torch to his 25 -year -old daughter.
The breeder had rented a field for several years in Labastide-Gabausse to put horses there. “We crossed him on Saturday around 12 noon, he was taking over in the area,” said a resident of the village. It was the owner of the land that would have shot them before committing suicide.
The author of the shots killed himself
This 56-year-old man grew up in the village, in a farmhouse along the La Zère stream, a stone’s throw from the Notre-Dame church and the town hall, where his parents had settled in the 1950s. “He lived alone with his cats,” said one of his neighbors met this Monday morning. According to another resident of the village, he had an adjustment course and worked in Carmaux.
What happened so that he came to kill two people? The ferment of its field seems to be the cause of a conflict with the victims. “He may not have supported the cutting work and he disgusted,” said this resident. The rental of his lands would also have been a stumbling block with the horse farmer, who wanted his daughter to regain the ferment while the owner would have in mind to entrust him to someone else.
Investigation for current murder
Although the author killed himself, an investigation for murder was opened on Sunday by the Albi prosecutor’s office and entrusted to investigators from the Albi research brigade, co-sais in their colleagues from the Toulouse research section. The objective is to determine the exact circumstances of this double homicide. The gendarmes, accompanied by the village mayor, Rolland Mercier, returned this Monday morning to crime.