Kendji Girac could not have been sitting at the time of the shooting according to the ballistic expertise
The prosecutor requested a ballistics expertise to determine the trajectory of the shot.
Kendji Girac could not have been sitting at the time of the shooting according to the ballistic expertise. He was standing, glued to the exterior wall.
No traces of physical argument or violence
No traces of physical argument or violence were observed.
Kendji’s alcohol level at 5 a.m. is estimated at 2.5g/l of blood, traces of cocaine also spotted
Kendji Girac’s alcohol level at 5 a.m. is estimated at 2.5g/l of blood.
“The presence of a metabolite allows us to confirm the consumption of cocaine” around 2 a.m., explains the prosecutor
Kendji Girac would have already said in the past “that he was going to shoot himself” according to his wife
Kendji Girac would have already said in the past “that he was going to shoot himself” according to his wife after an argument.
His partner reported an argument
His partner said she asked Kendji to turn down his music, which he was listening to too loudly. Kendji Girac thus left the caravan. But Soraya Miranda pointed out that the music was still too loud.
He took the car. He came back. He took off his clothes.
“Agitated,” he spoke to his daughter. She says she claimed that either he or she had to leave.
She then hears a gunshot and asks for help to be called.
Soraya Miranda explained that Kendji Girac was taking “increasing amounts”
Soraya Miranda explained that Kendji Girac was taking “increasingly numerous and “longer and longer bouts”.
She clarified that he was never violent but that he could “break things when he was in that state”.
The prosecutor returns to the story of the couple Kendji Girac and Soraya Miranda
His wife, Soraya Miranda, explained during her hearing that their “union had generated little enthusiasm” from their respective families given that she is not part of the Traveler community. She explains in particular that her “feminist side” was disturbing.
Kendji Girac also explains “reluctance” on the part of his community.
They settled together in 2020 in the Paris region after six years as a couple.
Disagreements over his alcohol consumption
If some witnesses indicate that Kendji Girac did not drink a drop of alcohol during this Sunday, others affirm that he consumed a quantity, according to the prosecutor.
Kendji Girac left the Biscarrosse casino around 11 p.m.
After a day at the Arcachon boat show with his family, Kendji Girac went to the Biscarrosse casino with a group of around fifteen people and left around 11 p.m.
The shooting allegedly took place around 5 a.m.
Purchase in a flea market is “highly doubtful” for the prosecutor
The purchase in a flea market is “highly doubtful”, as Kendji Girac affirmed, and would not be “in accordance with the legislation” according to the prosecutor.
For the prosecutor, “the accident, the untimely shooting is considered impossible”
“The accident, the untimely shooting is considered impossible” in this case in view of the safeguards possessed by the weapon, affirms the prosecutor.
This handgun “cannot be in circulation” without specific authorization
“This handgun cannot be in circulation without specific authorization,” explains the prosecutor.
This weapon has never been used in previous cases.
The weapon is a semi-automatic “in poor condition” but “functioning correctly”
The weapon is a semi-automatic, Remington, model 1911, “in poor condition” but “functioning correctly”.
This handgun, classified category B, has safeties that work.
An “unidentified” person explained where the weapon was located, in a bush
Thanks to the father’s cooperation, an “unidentified” person called the police to explain that the weapon was in a bush, on the reception area a few dozen meters from the caravan.
The caravan was “clean” without any particular “traces of struggle”
The caravan was “clean” without any particular “trace of struggle”, explains the Mont-de-Marsan prosecutor, reporting a slight “disorder” in the living room.
“No weapons” or “holsters” were found within the caravan.
At the rear of the trailer, a bullet hole was observed from the inside to the outside.
Kendji Girac’s caravan was slightly isolated in the camp
Kendji Girac’s caravan was “a little isolated” compared to the others, at the rear of the camp.
“The closest ones, the parents, had left a few days before”, and were installed right next to Kendji Girac’s: which could explain this isolation according to the prosecutor.
The medical examiner considers it likely that it was a point-blank shot.
Based on observations of the injury, the forensic doctor believes that it was a point-blank shot, carried out a few tens of centimeters from the victim.
This could thus confirm the words of Kendji Girac who said he had injured himself according to the prosecutor.
The identification of Kendji Girac was made thanks to the license plate
Kendji Girac was identified as the injured man thanks to the license plate of his caravan and his Porsche Cayenne parked next to it.
Firefighters heard “different versions” when they arrived
The firefighters, “even if it was not their role”, heard “different versions” from people present at the camp.
The prosecutor reports a “hostile reception”
“The intervention is far from easy […] The reception was hostile in the words of one of the firefighters,” says the prosecutor.
“The people present are quite directive and want them to take the injured person to the hospital as quickly as possible.
The prosecutor specifies that no violence was observed.
Kendji Girac was found injured on a chair, after having “been moved”
Kendji Girac was waiting for help on a chair, in his underwear.
“He was not injured” in this chair, he was “moved” for the prosecutor.
The prosecutor believes that a form of “omerta” marked the start of the investigation
Unlike the firefighters, the Mont-de-Marsan prosecutor explains that the gendarmes were not well received.
“A form of omerta” marked the start of the investigation according to him.
The woman who called Samu on Monday has not yet been identified
The prosecutor explains that the woman who called Samu at 5:24 a.m. Monday reporting Kendji’s injury has not yet been identified.
The Mont-de-Marsan prosecutor speaks
The Mont-de-Marsan prosecutor began his press conference.
The prosecutor’s conference is expected at 3 p.m.
Prosecutor Olivier Janson will speak at 3 p.m. from the Mont-de-Marsan judicial court about the gunshot wound of Kendji Girac.
He will be accompanied by the commander of the Pau research section as well as the second-in-command of the Landes departmental gendarmerie group.
Investigations into the Biscarrosse reception air have been completed
The new searches, which began this morning at the Travelers’ reception area in Biscarrosse in the Landes where Kendji Girac was shot and injured on Monday, have ended.
Police were looking for “new clues”.
How are ballistic assessments carried out?
A ballistics assessment consists of determining the type of weapon used, the number of shots fired, the trajectory of the shot, the shooting distance and the position of the shooter.
If a weapon is found at the scene, it is dismantled and analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the scratches present in the barrel which are specific to each weapon. A “ballistic signature” which is found on its ammunition.
“This step allows us to determine which weapon the fired element comes from, and thus associate a weapon with a crime scene,” explains a member of the ballistics department of the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN).
To find out more about how a ballistics assessment takes place, read our article here.
New research on the welcoming air of Biscarrosse
Investigators from the Pau research section have been back since this morning at the Traveler reception area in Biscarrosse, in the Landes, where Kendji Girac was shot and injured on Monday.
Several gendarmes are combing the premises, using metal detectors in particular, to “look for new clues” BFMTV learned.
The bullet that injured Kendji Girac fired into the caravan
The bullet which injured Kendji Girac on Monday morning was fired in the caravan where the singer was, a source close to the investigation told BFMTV. According to witness statements during the hearings, Kendji Girac was with his wife and daughter in their caravan at the time of the shooting.
Kendji Girac, wounded by gunfire, heard by investigators at the hospital
Hello and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to Kendji Girac, hospitalized since Monday April 22 after being shot. Yesterday, the singer was heard near Bordeaux by investigators, to whom he repeated “without substantial modification” his version of an “accidental” shooting.
This free hearing, organized at the Haut-Lévêque hospital in Pessac two days after the events, lasted several hours.