In Abbeville, in the Somme, a 28-year-old urban community agent was shot dead on Wednesday. The suspect is on the run and an investigation for “voluntary homicide” has been entrusted to the judicial police. A psychological support unit has been set up for agents.
A new murder in France. An agent of the agglomeration community of the Baie de Somme was killed by firearm this Wednesday morning, while he was on duty in Abbeville (Somme). The suspect is on the run, we learned from a police source and from the agglomeration. The man died at the end of the morning in a boat, where he took part in a pruning operation, indicated this same police source.
The victim was known to the police
The alert was given by members of his team, who heard detonations, said a source close to the investigation. A suspect is on the run, and the investigation, for “intentional homicide”, has been entrusted to the judicial police, she said. The victim, aged 28, was known to the police for common law offenses, according to this source.
The agglomeration community of the Baie de Somme specified that he worked as an agent for this community. A psychological support unit has been set up for the agents, she added, adding that the mayor of Abbeville, Pascal Demarthe, had visited the scene. Asked by AFP, the public prosecutor’s office in Amiens declined any communication immediately.