Refusal to comply in Paris: the police placed in police custody after opening fire on a vehicle, killing the passenger, came out free

The three police officers, two men and a woman, had been interviewed since Sunday afternoon at the IGPN for “violence with a weapon by a person holding public authority”. Article written by Published on 06/07/2022 14:05 Updated on 06/07/2022 16:33 Reading time: 1 min. The three police officers who fired on Saturday in Paris during a check on a car which allegedly drove into them, shooting the passenger and seriously injuring the driver, were released from police custody on Tuesday June 7 without legal proceedings at this stage. according to their lawyer, Laurent-Franck Liénard. “After two days in police custody during which my clients fully cooperated with the investigators, they are released free of any charge (…). The investigation will continue in another form and they will give all the answers so that the truth comes out fully,” he told AFP. The Paris court announces in a press release that a judicial investigation has been opened against the three police officers in order to “precisely trace the course of events and determine the exact circumstances of the use of their weapon by the police” . A call for witnesses will be launched on Tuesday by the IGPN. The three police officers, two men and a woman, had been interviewed since Sunday afternoon at the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) for “violence with a weapon by a person holding public authority”. The driver and the passenger seated in the front were seriously injured by police fire and were both taken to hospital. The passenger, shot in the head, died of her injuries the next day in hospital, franceinfo learned from the prosecution. At the same time, another investigation is open for “attempted homicide on a person holding public authority”, but the driver, seriously injured by a bullet in the chest, has not been able to be heard by the judicial police so far. These facts come a month and a half after the indictment for “voluntary homicide” of a police officer, suspected of having killed with an automatic weapon the driver and the front passenger of a car which would have forced a control on the Pont- New in Paris. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share link