Val-d’Oise: a policeman shoots a motorist after a refusal to comply

A police officer shot a 21-year-old motorist suspected of having refused a check, injuring him in the back, on the night of Monday to Tuesday June 7 in Argenteuil (Val-d’Oise), it was reported. learned from police sources.

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The young man was driving at high speed in downtown Argenteuil, shortly before 4:00 a.m., according to a source close to the investigation. A police crew followed him from a distance as “he was taking forbidden directions“, According to this same source. At the level of the Argenteuil bridge,the driver stalled and the crew dismounted to carry out the check“Said a police source. “The individual restarts and traps a policewoman between her car and the police vehicle, forcing her to climb on the hood“, according to the account of this source.

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One of the policemenfired a cartridge at the driver to protect his colleague», Injuring him in the left shoulder blade. He was transportedawareat the Bichat hospital in Paris, according to a source close to the investigation. The police officer was slightly injured in the knees and had “some scratches“. A bottle of alcohol was found in the car, continues this source.

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The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized to determine the conditions of use of the weapon in the context of self-defense, indicated the departmental police of Val-d’Oise. Another investigation for attempted homicide on a person holding public authority was entrusted to the judicial police of the department. This case echoes that which occurred in Paris on Saturday where a driver, suspected of having refused a check, was seriously injured and a passenger killed by police fire.

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