The drama took place on Saturday, when a crew from the Aulnay-sous-Bois anti-crime brigade wanted to check the reported stolen van driven by Jean-Paul, a resident of the Beaudottes district in Sevran.
The prosecution has requested the indictment of the police officer responsible for the fatal shooting of a motorist in Sevran on March 26, for “willful violence resulting in death without intention to give it”, announced Friday the public prosecutor of Bobigny. The placement under judicial control of the police officer was also requested, added Éric Mathais. The 32-year-old brigadier will be presented to an examining magistrate in the evening.
The drama took place at midday on Saturday, when a crew from the Aulnay-sous-Bois anti-crime brigade wanted to check the reported stolen van driven by Jean-Paul, a resident of the Beaudottes district in Sevran. (Seine-Saint-Denis). The policeman indicated during his first hearing “to have placed himself at the level of the driver’s window, to have raised his weapon while shouting + police! + and said to have tried several times to open the door which was locked”, related the prosecutor at a press conference. “He saw the driver engage a gear and accelerate strongly,” continued Éric Mathais.
The police officer claims to have been “unbalanced”, “to have felt in a state of self-defense” and “to have fired for this reason”. Seriously injured in the left shoulder blade, the driver died a few hours after his admission to hospital. The autopsy confirmed that the shooting was the cause of death.
nights of violence
The death of this inhabitant of Beaudottes caused five consecutive nights of violence in several communes of Seine-Saint-Denis, bordering the district. In Sevran, Aulnay-sous-Bois and Tremblay-en-France, popular towns located northeast of Paris, vehicles and garbage cans were set on fire and projectiles thrown at the police, without causing any injuries.
Since the start of the scuffles, 41 arrests for acts of violence and degradation have taken place, including several concerning minors. Fifteen people have been referred for immediate appearance. A white march from Aulnay-sous-Bois is scheduled for Saturday morning in memory of the victim.