Overview
- A resident discovered the bodies around 7 p.m. Wednesday in the entrance hall of an apartment building near boulevard Lamartine in Salon-de-Provence.
- Police recovered firearms at the scene, with reports citing at least one handgun and Le Parisien indicating two weapons near the man.
- Investigative sources say the woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds, with Le Parisien reporting four impacts.
- A letter found on the man reportedly confesses to killing his ex-partner before he took his own life, and La Provence says it mentions “a betrayal.”
- The Aix-en-Provence prosecutor has opened an inquiry for voluntary homicide by a partner, and police are treating the case as a suspected femicide followed by suicide.