The shooter was sentenced to 24 months in prison, including 14 months, for this blatant assault.
A stroke of madness that its author still struggles to explain. A few minutes before the transition to the year 2022, a violent incident occurred on December 31 in the middle of the street, in the city center of Montpellier (Hérault), involving a young man of 24 and another, a minor, 17 years old.
According to information from Free noon, the first would have assaulted the second for an improbable reason. The regional daily explains that the older of the two protagonists would have greeted the younger, who would not have returned his “hello”.
He shoots him, tries to strangle him, then stab him
The 24-year-old then went into a mad rage, pulling out “a handgun with which he shot him three times” according to Midi Libre. Disarmed by his victim, the assailant then tried to strangle him, then stab him with a knife which he had seized during the scuffle.
Warned by witnesses, the police quickly arrived on site to put an end to the brawl and arrest the attacker, “who was making incoherent remarks” according to the regional daily. Verification made, the police were able to note that the weapon used was in fact an “airsoft” type ball gun.
“I do not know what happend to me”
This obviously did not prevent the young man from being indicted, then tried in immediate appearance on Monday, January 3. “I acted like an irresponsible, he admitted in particular in court. I do not know what caught me. This is the first time that I use a weapon against someone. I do not can’t explain to you what really happened and why I did this because I have a real black hole right now. “
According to information from Midi Libre, the individual, whose criminal record was already full before this incartade (with notably convictions for “illegal carrying of arms” and “death threats”), would have claimed to be in great psychological distress and having mixed, on the evening of December 31, alcohol and a number of drugs, with the aim of committing suicide. At the end of the trial, he was sentenced to 24 months in prison, 14 of which were closed with continued detention.
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