The parents of the 24-year-old man killed by a police officer Thursday in Grenoble will file a complaint.
The parents of the 24-year-old man killed by a police officer Thursday in Grenoble will file a complaint, we learned from their lawyer on Friday, while the police custody of the official was lifted by the prosecution. The victim, known to the police for acts of armed robbery according to Le Dauphiné Libéré, was traveling on a scooter with a passenger armed with a long weapon when the police officer opened fire, in the city center, shortly after 18 hours.
Heard in the context of police custody, from which he came out during the night, the policeman “indicated having used his weapon in the direction of the two users of the scooter, one of whom was pointing him with a Kalashnikov-type rifle. “, said the deputy public prosecutor, Boris Duffau, on Friday.
Two open investigations
“Other witnesses were heard including two of his colleagues who confirmed the presence of a long weapon,” added the representative of the prosecution. “A loaded Kalashnikov-type weapon” and a bullet-proof vest were found at the scene, according to the same source. The scooter passenger fled. The track of a possible terrorist intention was quickly ruled out.
The 24-year-old man’s autopsy revealed a single fatal gunshot wound. His parents will file a complaint but the qualification of it, voluntary or involuntary homicide, remains to be defined, declared to AFP their lawyer, Me Emmanuel Decombard.
Two investigations were opened: the first for “attempted murder of a person holding public authority”, entrusted to the Grenoble judicial police service; the second for “deadly blows”, entrusted to the IGPN.
The prosecution also opened an investigation into shootings that occurred the same evening around 11:30 p.m. in another district of the city. A 23-year-old man was injured in the leg. “At this stage, no link has been established” between the two cases, underlined the deputy prosecutor.