Overview
- Around 14:30 on Friday, neighbors heard two gunshots and found Morvan fatally wounded outside her residence in Calais, and witnesses reported seeing a woman flee.
- The suspected shooter, also 39, was later discovered dead in a parked car after leaving a letter acknowledging the killing.
- Prosecutor Patrick Leleu confirmed the use of a high‑calibre firearm in the attack.
- An inquiry for voluntary homicide has been opened and assigned to the DCOS police judiciaire under the Boulogne-sur-Mer prosecutor’s office.
- Authorities say the suspect was the partner of Morvan’s former partner, while tributes from the French Cycling Federation and local officials honored Morvan, a mother of two and advocate for women’s cycling.