After the Aubagne shooting, investigators question the motive and disturbing profile of the young shooter

What exactly went through C.*'s mind this Monday morning in Aubagne, when he entered his Joseph Lakanal college, a 12 gauge hunting rifle carefully stored in a guitar case, before opening fire on his principal and a teacher? This is one of the multiple questions currently being studied by investigators from the criminal brigade of the Organized and Specialized Crime Division (DCOS, ex-PJ), responsible for the investigations of this extremely sensitive file.

At the Bishopric, the historic headquarters of the Marseille judicial police, several people have already been interviewed to try to shed light on the circumstances and the unfolding of this drama that no one had anticipated. “They don’t understand what happened. He was a young man who did not pose any problems and appeared isolated. We don’t see why he shot the principal,” adds a source close to the case. “It’s very surprising and there is, for the moment, no explanation”