“It’s a lot of emotion and anger,” reacts Mayor Eric Piolle, after the death of a municipal agent

“It’s a lot of emotion and anger,” reacts the mayor of Grenoble Éric Piolle, on France Bleu Isère, after the death of a municipal agent killed by bullets. “This circulation of firearms has consequences”with “someone completely brainless, at 7am on a Sunday, who shoots a person who came to help him”he laments.

“This agent was extremely well-known, he was a unionist, but also a supervisor, a trainer”describes Eric Piolle. At the town hall of Grenoble, this Monday morning, “When taking up the post with the elected officials, with the general management, there is a lot of emotion” after the death of this “comrade”of this “figure” known “for more than 25 years”. So there is “a lot of emotion, a lot of anger” and even “of fear”. “There, it was a road accident, but in their missions, our agents are often exposed to very conflictual confrontations. There, it was not supposed to be the case. He provided assistance. But we have a thought for all this commitment to public service”insists the moved mayor.

A 49-year-old municipal officer died from his injuries after being shot Sunday morning in Grenoble, while he was trying to stop a drunk driver who had just caused a traffic accident. The shooter is still actively being sought.