Three days after the bullet wound of Kendji Girac and while the conclusions of the investigation are awaited, a new element interests the gendarmes.
1:53 p.m. – Kendji Girac spent Sunday evening at the casino
The first statements of witnesses interviewed on Tuesday in the Kendji Girac affair reported an evening at the casino, from which the singer returned, drunk, around 2:40 a.m. Information confirmed this Wednesday by BFMTV, which indicates that the artist actually spent his evening at the Biscarosse Casino “with his family”, where “he regularly came in the evening”, according to sources on site. As of Sunday evening, “there was no incident involving him or his family that evening.”
13:45 – The conclusions of the investigation expected
The public prosecutor of Mont-de-Marsan will hold a press conference at 3 p.m., explaining the conclusions of the investigation and therefore the outcome of this case, in which the singer Kendji Girac was shot and injured on Monday morning.
13:41 – Kendji Girac’s impressive injury
Singer Kendji Girac was hospitalized Monday in serious condition, with a life-threatening prognosis for some time. Operated in the afternoon of the same day, he is now “out of the woods”, according to his manager to AFP. The bullet fired into his caravan passed through his body, causing a wound on his back, but also the cabin of the vehicle.
13:35 – A new determining element sought by investigators
A few hours before the public prosecutor’s press conference, searches are underway in the Biscarrosse reception area where Kendji Girac was when he was shot. According to Sud-Ouest, soldiers have been on the scene since this morning to “search the premises” and thus find “the bullet which passed through the body of the father of the family and the cabin of his caravan before leaving into the wild.” A new element which will be decisive for the investigation.
13:14 – Kendji Girac’s companion says she did not witness the shooting
In her statements to investigators, the companion of singer Kendji Girac allegedly claimed not to be present in the caravan when the shot which injured the artist was fired. He also said that he was alone at the time of the events, reports BFMTV. Which is contradictory with the first conclusions of the investigation, which, as reported France 3 Regionsestablished that “the singer was alone with his wife and their three-year-old daughter.”
12:53 – “Nothing allows us to contradict the version of” Kendji Girac
“At this stage, nothing in the testimonies collected or in the technical expertise allows us to contradict the artist’s version, underlined yesterday a source close to the case interviewed by The Parisian. But we must remain vigilant. It is a closed session and the action of a third party or a suicide attempt that certain relatives may have tried to conceal cannot be excluded for the moment.”
12:34 – What we know about the weapon used by Kendji Girac
Singer Kendji Girac therefore claims to have shot himself alone, in his caravan, in the early hours of Monday. If his version seems to be favored today by the investigators, it took several hours on Monday to find this famous weapon: which was located without a magazine, in a bush, not far from the Travelers reception area. It is a Colt 45, a pistol firing 11 caliber bullets.
12:11 – “It’s not a settling of scores, it’s an accident,” says a relative
But what really happened early Monday morning at this Traveler reception area? The question is on everyone’s lips, while the scenario seems to be becoming clearer. Questioned by AFP, a relative named Emilio, who presents himself as Kendji Girac’s uncle, said on Monday: “It’s not a settling of scores, it’s an accident. He played with the thing and bam.” Before detailing: “We were playing the guitar, calmly. An accident happens anytime, at any hour” and adding that the “only person who can say where the gun is is him ( Kendji, editor’s note).
11:55 – Three hours of audition for Kendji Girac
Inevitably, it is his version that interests investigators the most: Kendji Girac was interviewed yesterday for nearly three hours, on his hospital bed. The singer confirmed the first version that he had given to the police as soon as he was taken care of by the emergency services, namely that it was a domestic accident.
11:41 – Kendji Girac still lives in a caravan
Despite his immense success, singer Kendji Girac has not changed his lifestyle and still lives in a caravan, with his wife and daughter. “His life, his happiness, is there, with his family. He is humble, very simple. His life has not changed. He has a big heart,” confides one of his uncles, named Emilio, when interviewed by France 3 Regions.
11:30 – Kendji Girac, proud representative of the traveling community
Born in Périgueux in 1996, Kendji Girac grew up and still lives today in a gypsy community. It was at a reception area in Biscarrosse, where Travelers were gathered, that he was injured last night. Guest of the show Clique last September, he spoke of his belonging to this community and was annoyed by the clichés circulating about it, particularly on television: “They always show the same thing. At a certain point, people will think that we only do weddings and birthdays There are other things to say There are many artists, good singers, boxers, sportsmen, wonderful footballers. It’s not really visible, it’s a shame.”
11:21 – Tensions between Kendji Girac and his partner
On Tuesday, investigators were able to hear the first witnesses in the case, namely an uncle, an aunt and Kendji Girac’s partner. According to these hearings, reported by The Parisianthe gendarmes would have heard of tensions within the couple before the incident.
11:13 – Kendji Girac is still hospitalized
Yesterday afternoon, doctors gave the green light to the hearing of Kendji Girac, heard for almost three hours on Wednesday afternoon, two days after his gunshot wound. The singer has been hospitalized at the Haut-Levêque University Hospital in Pessac, in the suburbs of Bordeaux, since Monday. This is where he was operated on Monday afternoon and interviewed yesterday.
10:52 – Kendji Girac’s concert in Marseille canceled
Kendji Girac, still hospitalized, will not sing in Marseille tomorrow, announced Martine Vassal, president of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis on X – formerly Twitter. The singer was to perform there for a concert celebrating the Olympic Games: “Given the context, Kendji will not sing during our show on April 26.” The event schedule has been modified, as indicated France Blue and the show will be Gipsy Kings by André Reyes.
10:44 – The origin of the weapon raises questions
If the trail of the accident, hammered out twice by Kendji Girac, seems favored by the investigators, one element does not seem to coincide, in addition to the gray areas that remain to be explained: how the singer became Did he get this weapon? Is it possible to buy a Colt 45 at a flea market? Such an acquisition from a second-hand dealer seems difficult to envisage, especially since the possession of such a weapon is subject to strict supervision and a permit.
This Monday morning, BFMTV reveals that singer Kendji Girac was shot and injured during the night. Hit in the chest, he was transported to Bordeaux hospital in critical condition. His vital prognosis, initially compromised, is no longer so and the artist is “out of the woods”, according to those close to him.
According to the singer’s first statements, revealed by The Parisian, it would be an “accident”, his bullet wound “would be the consequence of poor handling of the weapon on his part. He would have received a projectile from this weapon purchased the day before at a flea market.” A version that the singer would have maintained during his hearing, Wednesday: for almost three hours, Kendji Girac recounted the facts, going in the direction of an “individual act, without intervention of a third party”, the singer being ” very alcoholic” at the time of the events.
Born in 1996, singer Kendji Girac is one of the most popular French artists of his generation. Powered by the TF1 broadcast The Voice: The most beautiful voiceof which he won season 3 in 2014, he has since made himself known thanks to hits like Andalouse or Je suis fou, he has published five albums in total.
Singer Kendji Girac has always been very discreet about his private life, having, until now, never revealed the identity of his wife, mother of their little daughter. The couple welcomed their first child, a little girl named Eva Alba, at the end of January 2021. This is also one of the rare occasions on which Kendji Girac had publicly mentioned the one who shares his life, on RFM on 10 February 2021: “When I saw my wife giving birth I said ‘ah I’m lucky not to go through that’. It was hard. It’s beautiful but it’s hard” , adding that it was “difficult to be a woman.”