Affirming having “felt in a state of self-defense”, the 32-year-old brigadier had opened fire on the driver of a van, on March 26 in the city of Seine-Saint-Denis. It has been placed under judicial review, including a ban on exercising a police activity.
Le Monde
The police officer, whose shooting has caused the death of a motorist, was indicted for “voluntary violence who resulted in death without intent to give it,” announced the parquet on Saturday, April 2nd.
The 32-year-old officer, assigned to the AntiCriminality Brigade (BAC) of Aulnay-Sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), was placed under judicial review, including a prohibition on taking an activity police specified the floor.
The drama took place Saturday on March 26, mid-day, when a crew of Aulnay-sous-Bois’s anti-criminal brigade wanted to control a van that had been reported as a stolen, driven by a inhabitant From the Beaudottes district, in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis).
At his first hearing, the police officer reported “to have placed at the level of the driver’s window, having lifted his weapon shouting” police! “” Related the prosecutor at a press conference, specifying That the official ensures “having tried repeatedly to open the door, which was locked”. “He saw the driver turn a speed and accelerate heavily,” Eric Mathais continued. The police officer asserts to have been “unbalanced”, “felt in a state of self-defense” and “fire for that reason”.