A former winner of France‘s model of The Voice was in hospital on Monday after being shot within the chest, sources conversant in the case informed AFP.
Singer Kendji Girac was discovered wounded after police have been referred to as to a traveller web site in Biscarrosse on France’s southwestern coast round 5:30 am (0330 GMT).
Girac was admitted to hospital in Bordeaux however the accidents weren’t life threatening, the sources, who requested to not be named, informed AFP.
The 27-year-old informed first responders that he had unintentionally shot himself whereas tinkering with a Colt 45 automated pistol he had purchased at a junk store, one supply mentioned.
Another supply near the investigation mentioned police weren’t ruling something out of their probe and had not but questioned Girac.
Police locked down the scene of the taking pictures all through Monday morning however left within the early afternoon, an AFP journalist noticed.
“This isn’t a gangland shooting. It’s an accident. He was playing with the thing and ‘bam’,” a person referred to as Emilio, who mentioned he was Girac’s uncle, informed AFP on the camp.
“We were quietly playing the guitar… An accident can happen at any time,” mentioned Emilio, who declined to present his surname.
Members of Girac’s household went to Bordeaux’s Haut-Leveque hospital however declined to talk to media.
A supply near the investigation and emergency providers mentioned the singer had by no means been at risk of dying from his wound, as had initially been reported, and that he was acutely aware when first responders arrived.
One supply mentioned an investigation into the taking pictures had been launched, though the native prosecutors didn’t instantly verify that.
Girac is the stage identify of Kendji Maille, who gained The Voice in 2014 after going viral with a music his uncle printed on YouTube.
He has since bought thousands and thousands of albums, with hits together with “Color Gitano” and “Andalouse” (Andalucia) referencing his Catalan Roma heritage.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
