The 43-year-old man wanted for fatal shootings in a bar in central Ajaccio surrendered to police on Wednesday evening

Les faits ont eu lieu à l’intérieur de l’établissement “le Lamparo”, un bar de bord de mer. Capture d'écran Google Street View

A 43-year-old man wanted for fatal shootings that occurred on Monday, December 23, 2024 in a bar in the center of Ajaccio, surrendered to the police on Wednesday evening, the Ajaccio prosecutor's office announced in a press release.

A 43-year-old man wanted for fatal shootings in a bar in the center of Ajaccio on Monday surrendered himself to the police on Wednesday evening, the Ajaccio prosecutor's office announced in a press release.

He was taken into custody, said the public prosecutor, Nicolas Septe. He is suspected of being the author of the fatal shooting of a young firefighter, within the establishment “Le Lamparo” in the center of Ajaccio, on Monday evening. Six people were also injured.

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The “track of a private dispute between the author of the shots and the victim”is privileged, the prosecutor said on Tuesday. The investigations are in the hands of an investigating magistrate for “attempted murder and murder”, and entrusted to the judicial police. The events have caused a lot of emotion in Corsica.

“It is time for mourning”

“Aiacciu (Ajaccio in the Corsican language) and Corsica are mourning one of their children, whose life was taken, and several seriously injured. It is time for mourning. There will necessarily come a time for collective reflection to put an end to this madness”, Gilles Simeoni, president of the Corsican community, wrote on X on Tuesday.

“Human life seems quite insignificant in the face of weapons”, the mayor had estimated from Ajaccio, Stéphane Sbraggia, on X adding: “It is also up to us to fight collectively against these evils that are eating away at our society and threatening our youth“.

“Le Lamparo” was closed for two months by prefectural decree due to “the repetition of serious criminal acts in a short period of time” but also due to the “significant risk of repetition”. The “management of this business constitutes a source of serious disturbances to public order”, the prefecture stressed.

On the night of November 15 to 16, the owner of Lamparo was hit by two shots to the leg in front of his establishment, without his life being in danger. A man was placed in provisional detention for attempted homicide.