A police officer was indicted by the Lille court for intentional violence resulting in death without intention to give it, this Wednesday, August 31. According to the first elements of the investigation, he shot a 23-year-old Roubaisien during a check on the night of Monday August 29 to Tuesday August 30, fatally hitting him in the chest.
The judge has “recognized the materiality of the facts“, according to the lawyer of the police officer Me Manon Dugast, who pleads self-defense and maintains that he “didn’t want death” of the young man and shot “to neutralize“.
According to the first elements given by the police, a patrol of the anti-crime brigade (BAC) wanted that evening to check a car declared as stolen. As the officers approached, and after an official managed to open the front door, the driver, according to the Lille prosecutor’s office, drove off and rammed the officer, who then returned fire and fired once.
The man had been in custody since Tuesday August 30. He is came out free after his appearance before the examining magistrate.