This Friday afternoon around 5 p.m., a gendarme used his weapon and hit a man suspected of having attempted to rob a gas station Total in Seyssinet-Pariset, near Grenoble, indicated the Public Prosecutor of Grenoble Éric Vaillant, confirming information from the Dauphiné Libéré. The man was fatally injured, the prosecutor said.
The suspect had previously “fired in the direction of the cashier”. The gendarmes quickly went to the scene, avenue de la République in Seyssinet-Pariset and one of them therefore used his weapon. The Public Prosecutor of Grenoble seized the research section of the gendarmerie concerning the theft with a weapon. He also seized the IGGN (General Inspectorate of the National Gendarmerie) regarding the use of his weapon by the gendarme. The scene was sealed off by law enforcement for the purposes of the investigation. As for the cashier of the service station, she was not reached but she is very shocked, report our colleagues from Dauphiné Libéré this Friday evening.