The events took place at a reception area for travelers in Biscarrosse.
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Kendji Girac was shot in the chest during the night from Sunday to Monday April 22, in Biscarrosse, in the Landes, franceinfo and France Bleu Gascogne with the gendarmerie, confirming information of BFMTV. The 27-year-old singer’s vital prognosis is no longer in jeopardy. He was transported to Bordeaux University Hospital.
Kendji Girac explained that he shot himself alone, indicates a source close to the investigation at France Bleu Gascogne. But, for the moment, he has not been formally interviewed by the investigators. They interview several witnesses, including the family, the partner and the firefighters who intervened this Monday morning, explains the gendarmerie to France Bleu Gascogne.
A Colt 45 pistol was found without its magazine in a bush, but ballistics tests have yet to prove that it is the weapon with which the singer was injured. The results are expected this Tuesday. A medical examiner’s report must also be carried out.
The events took place at a reception area for travelers in Biscarrosse. The police were called around 5:30 a.m. We do not yet know the circumstances of the facts. According to information from franceinfo, when the gendarmes showed up at the Travelers’ reception area, the twenty people present on the scene and potential witnesses refused to give details of the circumstances.
An investigation is open, confirmed the public prosecutor of Mont-de-Marsan, Olivier Janson. It is entrusted to the Pau research section and the Parentis-en-Born research brigade.
The 27-year-old guitarist shot to fame after winning the TV show The Voice in 2014. Since then, the artist from Périgueux, in Dordogne, has had a string of successes with Color Gitano, The eyes of the mama, Andalusian, Bella, or Last metro with Gims in 2020. His fifth album, The school of life, was released in November 2022. He returned to France at the beginning of April after filming abroad for the show Meeting in unknown land for France Télévisions, recalls France Blue Périgord.