Val-d’Oise: a policeman shoots a motorist after refusing to comply – Le Figaro

A police crew followed an individual from a distance as he took forbidden directions and drove at high speed, revealed a source close to the investigation. A police officer shot a 21-year-old motorist suspected of having refused a check, injuring him in the back, on the night of Monday to Tuesday June 7 in Argenteuil (Val-d’Oise), it was reported. learned from police sources. Read alsoRefusal to comply: controversy over the custody of three police officers The young man was driving at high speed in downtown Argenteuil, shortly before 4:00 a.m., according to a source close to the investigation. A police crew followed him from a distance while “he took forbidden directions”, according to this same source. At the Argenteuil bridge, “the driver stalled and the crew dismounted to carry out the check”, indicates a police source. “The individual restarts and wedges a policewoman between his car and the police vehicle, forcing her to climb on the bonnet”, according to the account of this source. The IGPN seized One of the police “fired a cartridge at the driver to protect his colleague”, injuring him in the left shoulder blade. He was transported “conscious” to Bichat hospital in Paris, according to a source close to the investigation. The police officer was slightly injured in the knees and had “a few scratches”. A bottle of alcohol was found in the car, continues this source. Read alsoFaced with refusals to comply, the police feel increasingly helpless The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized to determine the conditions for the use of the weapon in the context of self-defense , said the departmental police of Val-d’Oise. Another investigation for attempted homicide on a person holding public authority was entrusted to the judicial police of the department. This case echoes that which occurred in Paris on Saturday where a driver, suspected of having refused a check, was seriously injured and a passenger killed by police fire. SEE ALSO – Paris: police shoot at a vehicle after a refusal to comply, one dead and one seriously injured