MIDLANDS — Bloody murder: Jonathan Koo Yan Too shot dead in a hunt

The autopsy carried out early yesterday afternoon confirmed a “gunshot to the chest”

During the afternoon of Thursday, the victim, aged 40, had reported to his partners detonations in the region

A disturbing affair shakes the hunting world. Jonathan Koo Yan Too (40) was found dead in a private hunt in Villars, Midlands. The circumstances surrounding his death remain obscure and are already fueling many questions. The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of Curepipe is investigating. According to the first elements, the victim, an accountant by profession and manager of the estate, had gone to the scene to carry out his usual tasks linked to the maintenance of the hunt and the feeding of the deer. Nothing suggested such a tragedy. Shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jonathan Koo Yan Too, who lives in Rose-Hill, sent a message on a WhatsApp group to inform his colleagues that he had just heard two explosions coming from inside the property. He told them that he was going to check the origin of these shots. This message will be the last sign of life that he leaves behind. Thereafter, no more news. His prolonged silence quickly aroused the concern of those around him. When four of his colleagues went to the estate in the night to understand what was happening, they discovered a dramatic scene, the forty-year-old lying in a pool of blood, with no signs of life. He had been shot. Alerted, the police and SAMU teams rushed to the scene. However, the emergency services were only able to note the death of the victim. The first findings revealed an injury caused by a firearm to the chest. The autopsy, carried out yesterday afternoon, confirmed that the cause of death was a “gunshot to the chest”.

Hearing protection (Ear Defenders) was still attached to his ears at the time of the macabre discovery. Examination of the scene revealed several elements likely to be of interest to investigators. Near the body was the victim's off-road vehicle, a Land Rover Defender, with some of the doors open. Inside, the police found a 12-gauge Remington shotgun, containing a spent cartridge case as well as an intact cartridge. The object was on the seat of the vehicle. But one detail particularly caught the attention of investigators. According to them, a second weapon that the victim possessed remains untraceable. Only the case was found in the vehicle. This disappearance could constitute an essential piece of the puzzle that the police are trying to piece together. The scene was placed under high surveillance while elements of the Scene of Crime Office (SOCO), ballistics experts and several u