The bullet hit the rear headlight of the car, which was traveling on the departmental road, in the town of Saint Félix de Reilhac, between Périgueux and Le Bugue. At the end of the morning this Sunday, a motorist heard a loud noise. As she got out of her vehicle, she realized that a hunter’s bullet had hit her car. The victim, very shocked according to the Bergerac prosecutor’s office, called the gendarmerie. An investigation for endangering the lives of others and violation of hunting rules was opened by the Bergerac prosecutor’s office and entrusted to the Bugue gendarmerie and the French Biodiversity Office.
The motorist very shocked, according to the prosecution
The shooter, a hunter, has been identified. He has not yet been heard by investigators. He admits being the author of the shooting, according to the prosecution. The first observations were made on the spot. The bullet was extracted from the car, it will now be a question of analyzing whether it is a whole bullet or a fragment of a bullet that hit the vehicle.
An investigation entrusted to the gendarmes and the French Biodiversity Office
A re-enactment will also take place in the coming days. The investigation will have to determine in particular whether the safety conditions were respected: was the bullet fired in the direction of the road or was it displaced by a ricochet?