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Teen Charged With Voluntary Homicide in Killing of 13-Year-Old Near Lyon

The charge underscores a focus on intent in a case with key facts still missing.

Overview

  • Prosecutors charged a 15-year-old on Thursday and placed him under judicial supervision in a youth facility run by child protection services.
  • A 13-year-old was found shot in a back room of a grocery on Monday in Villefranche-sur-Saône’s Belleroche center and died despite resuscitation attempts.
  • Police initially arrested four minors aged 12 to 16 and the 44-year-old store manager, then released all but the suspected shooter as the case moved to the Lyon prosecutor’s office.
  • Investigators have not recovered the firearm and are probing how a gun reached the teenagers, while relatives and neighbors describe a possible accidental discharge among friends.
  • The local police station has taken over from Lyon’s organized crime division, and French procedure means a ‘mise en examen’ is a formal step by an investigating judge that opens a deeper criminal inquiry.