The custody of the three police officers has been lifted, without prosecution at this stage. The intervention of officials, who used their weapons, resulted in one death and one serious injury on Saturday, June 4.
The driver suspected of having refused a police check on Saturday June 4 in Paris was placed this Tuesday June 7 in police custody in the investigation opened in particular for “attempted homicide of a person holding public authority“, announced the Paris prosecutor.
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The investigation which targets the driver, seriously injured by a bullet in the chest, is also open for “refusal to comply aggravated by endangering others, driving despite cancellation of driving license and driving under the influence of an alcoholic state and after having used substances classified as narcotics“, according to a press release from Laure Beccuau.
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At the same time, the custody of the police officers whose intervention resulted in one death and one serious injury was lifted, their lawyer announced on Tuesday, June 7. According to Laurent-Franck Liénard, the events of June 4 were filmed, and the video would support the thesis of self-defense. “The three people, in different positions, all felt the danger of the car’s maneuver and the urgency to react“, he explained on BFM.
Nine rounds fired
They had been placed in police custody on Sunday in the premises of the general police inspectorate (IGPN), for “violence leading to ITT (total interruption of work) more than eight days with a weapon per person holding public authority” and “violence resulting in death without intention to give it by a person holding public authority“.
The facts took place in the 18th arrondissement on Saturday at the end of the morning, when mountain bike officials wanted to check “a car with four passengers, one of whom was not wearing his seat belt“, reported a police source. As they approached, the car fled. A little further on, while the police were again trying to control him, the driver would have started and “darkabout the officers who, according to police, used their weapons and hit the driver and a female passenger. Nine cartridges would have been fired, but additional ballistic expertise should take place.
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The two rear passengers were not hit. They have since been heard by investigators. One of them told RTL that the driver, without a license, had “advanced a bit” and “did not stopwhen a policeman ordered him to. The vehicle ended up insome kind of traffic jamand shots were fired. “My friend put the first one back on and started again after the gunshots“, assured this man. The driver was serving a sentence and benefiting from a semi-freedom arrangement, according to a source close to the investigation.
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