This civil servant had opened fire on a car during a check on Sunday evening, killing two men.
Le Monde with afp
The policeman who had killed two men suspected of having forced a check near the Pont-Neuf on Sunday, in Paris, shooting on their car, was indicted on Wednesday April 27 for “voluntary homicide” concerning the driver of The car, “voluntary violence by person depositary of the public authority having led to death without intention to give it” with regard to the passenger before and for “voluntary violence aggravated by person depositary of the public authority” towards the rear passenger. He was placed under judicial supervision.
The 24 -year -old peacekeeper, a member of a night support group in the Cité security company (CSC), had been placed in police custody the day after the facts, ” In particular because of the severity of the consequences of the shots “and to” check with precision the conditions of use of his weapon “, had specified the prosecution. The other four members of her crew, a woman and three men, had, for their part, were heard freely “as witnesses” by the IGPN.
A dozen cartridges
The facts took place on the Pont-Neuf, a few hours after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, celebrated on the Champ-de-Mars, near the Eiffel Tower, without being able to establish at this stage a Link with this political event.
According to information from the world, the vehicle was stopped or about to stop, with its lit lights on, when its driver was ordered to park it in order to undergo control . The police intervention report, of which the France-Presse (AFP) agency became aware, affirms that the car was parked to “againstsens” on the quay of the goldsmiths, on the island of the city, and that , while the police approached the front of the vehicle, he started and “rushed to one of the officials, who has gone out to avoid it”.
“The only” policeman armed with an assault rifle then opened fire on the car, which took the direction of Pont-Neuf, where the vehicle finished its race after being set up on a median. According to the first elements of the investigation, a dozen cartridges were drawn, “five or six impacts having reached individuals”.
The driver, 25, was found inert at the wheel, and his front passenger, 31 years old, lying on the ground to the right of the car. They died on site despite the care provided by the emergency services. A third man, aged 42, installed in the right back seat, was injured in the right arm and transferred to the hospital without his days in danger.