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Besançon Shooting: Ex-Partner Surrenders to RAID, Held on ‘Assassinat’ Charge

Prosecutors say the 32-year-old had previously reported the suspect, carrying an emergency alert device.

Overview

  • The victim was shot near her home around 7 a.m. as she left for work in what local reports described as an ambush.
  • The 34-year-old fled to his residence in Ornans, barricaded himself with a long gun, and surrendered to RAID negotiators with no shots fired.
  • An investigation for “assassinat” has been opened by the Besançon prosecutor’s office, and the suspect remains in police custody pending judicial presentation.
  • Prosecutor Cédric Logelin said the victim filed complaints in February and October and was issued a “shérif” alert device on October 24 while receiving support from France Victimes.
  • Authorities cite the suspect’s prior convictions and a recent psychiatric hospitalization, and forensic work including an autopsy is underway as national Miprof data report a rise in conjugal feminicides.