A driver died of his injuries after being targeted by police fire on Friday, October 14, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. The security forces used their weapons after a refusal to comply during a vehicle check. Two police officers were placed in police custody, the usual procedure in this type of case, franceinfo learned from concordant sources.
Here is what we know about this case.
The vehicle fled during an inspection for lack of insurance
The facts occurred Friday evening, around 7 p.m. According to a source familiar with the matter, the police wanted to check a vehicle in which there were three people, for a lack of insurance. The car fled while driving into “a back alley where [ces personnes] got stuck in the flow of traffic”clarified Jérôme Jimenez, Unsa Police Ile-de-France delegate, Friday on franceinfo.
The police got out of their car to check the vehicle, while “IThe two passengers fled on foot”. There was only “the driver in question” on board, continued Jérôme Jimenez. Of them officials fired their weapons when the driver drove off in their direction as they approached the car.
The driver then hit another vehicle, which was parked in front of shops in this back alley of the Cours de Vincennes, according to The Parisian. Three shots were fired by the police, a source close to the investigation told franceinfo. “One of the three shots hit the driver”, confirmed a judicial source to AFP. According to the news agency and The Parisianthe police attempted to perform cardiac massage, but the man succumbed to his injuries.
A security perimeter has been set up
A large security perimeter was quickly established around the scene of the shootings, extending “between Cours de Vincennes and Boulevard Soult”reports The Parisian. Part of the neighborhood, where businesses were still open at the time, was cordoned off by the police.
A tarp has been temporarily installed to conceal the scene of the shootings, add the daily and AFP. The body of the driver was evacuated shortly before 11 p.m., the news agency noted.
Two investigations have been opened
The two police officers were placed in police custody as part of an investigation for “intentional homicide by a person holding public authority”, entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), said a judicial source. at France Televisions. Their custody was extended on Saturday evening. In the case of shootings by police officers, the IGPN is systematically seized.
A second investigation was opened for “attempted murder of a person holding public authority”. Conducted by the judicial police, it must make it possible to establish the conditions for the refusal to comply. Since the beginning of the year, twelve people have died after police fire in the context of refusing to comply.