The driver who refused to comply on Saturday was briefly placed in police custody on Monday for “attempted homicide” on police officers, according to a source from the Paris prosecutor’s office to Europe 1. “Custody measures view of the three police officers taken from the count of violence resulting in an ITT of more than eight days with a weapon by a person holding public authority and now also of violence resulting in death without intention to give it by a person holding public authority , have been extended today”, it is indicated. “The individual identified as the driver of the vehicle is not in a condition to be heard at this stage”, adds this source to Europe 1.
Driver seriously injured in the chest
His police custody at the hospital at the start of the afternoon was lifted shortly after, the 38-year-old man ultimately not being able to be heard at this stage, according to the same source. He was shot and seriously injured in the chest by police fire. At the same time, the custody started on Sunday in the premises of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) of the three police officers, two men and a woman who allegedly fired on the vehicle, was extended Monday, according to the prosecution.
They are heard for “violence having caused an ITT (total interruption of work) of more than eight days with a weapon by a person holding public authority” and now also for “violence having caused death without intention to give it by person holding it. of public authority”.
The passenger, shot in the head, died
The front passenger, shot in the head, died of her injuries on Sunday. The police custody measure was taken “because of the seriousness of the consequences of the shootings carried out and in order to verify the conditions of use of their weapons by the persons concerned”, according to the prosecution. This check took place late Saturday morning in the 18th arrondissement, in the north of the capital.
ATV officials first noticed “a car with four passengers, one of whom was not wearing his seatbelt,” a police source said on Saturday. As they approach, the car “takes off at very high speed”. A little further on, as the officers again attempted to control him, the driver drove off and “ran into the ATV police crew”, according to the police account. The officials then “use their weapons” on several occasions and seriously injure “the driver and the passenger” in the front, transported to hospital, according to the police source. The two rear passengers, a man and a woman, were not injured.