You may have seen heavily armed police this Sunday, March 27 rue Pierre Semard in Périgueux, in the Toulon district. The police were called at the end of the day because a man used a pistol. It is, according to the first elements of the police, an alarm pistol that he would have used to defend himself. This type of weapon does not fire bullets. A witness tells France Bleu Périgord that he saw police officers armed with rifles advancing in a column along the walls and entering a building. The device was impressive explains a neighbor who heard a detonation after hearing an argument in an apartment.
The suspected shooter was arrested and taken into custody on Sunday evening.
More information to come.