police shoot a man who threatened them with a weapon, two investigations opened

A man was arrested after threatening police officers with a firearm, this Sunday, October 2 in Vénissieux (Rhône), the Lyon prosecutor’s office told franceinfo. The police returned fire, slightly injuring the individual with bullets. He was placed in police custody for “attempted intentional homicide on persons holding public authority”. Two investigations are open, including one entrusted to the IGPN (General Inspectorate of the National Police).

This Sunday, around 5:50 a.m., the police intervened to “individuals, including one with a handgun, attempting to force entry into apartments” of a building on rue Joannès Vallet in Vénissieux, explains the parquet floor of Lyon to franceinfo. Arrived on the spot, the police found themselves face to face with a man who “would have threatened with his weapon”, says the prosecution. The police men “would have responded with shots hitting the individual in the arm and wrist” before questioning him, continues the same source.

The investigation for “attempted intentional homicide on persons holding public authority” was entrusted to the departmental security services of the Rhône. Another investigation was entrusted to the IGPN “in order to determine the exact conditions of the use of their weapons by the police”specifies the parquet floor of Lyon to franceinfo.