Woman killed in a chase in Grenoble: the family demands “the truth” – Le Figaro

An 18-year-old young woman, a passenger in a vehicle, was killed on the night of Tuesday October 4 to Wednesday October 5, in Grenoble, hit by a shot during an exchange of gunfire with police officers. The family of the young woman killed in a chase interspersed with exchanges of fire with the police on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in Grenoble demands “the truth” about the circumstances of her death, announced this Friday, October 7 her lawyer to AFP . “The family wants the truth about the circumstances of the death and that all the light be shed with a serious investigation”, announced Me Nabil Boudi, who calls for “the opening of a judicial investigation”. On the night of Wednesday to Thursday , the 18-year-old Grenoble girl was killed while she was in a vehicle chased by the police after a refusal to comply. The driver of the vehicle, a 30-year-old Moroccan, exchanged gunfire with police before being arrested. indicted Thursday in particular for “attempted murder of persons holding public authority”, “possession of a category B weapon” and “driving under the influence of alcohol and narcotics”, before being imprisoned. At the same time, an investigation by the IGPN has been opened and a ballistics expertise will be carried out to determine which weapon hit the young passenger who, according to the prosecution, was “fatally hit by a single firearm shot in the neck” . The custody of three police officers involved in the shooting was lifted Wednesday evening without prosecution at this stage. “We are waiting for the first acts of investigation and its criminal qualifications before deciding whether to file a complaint or if we are a civil party,” said the family lawyer. The latter also calls on the police unions, to the police, the prosecution and the press “a little more respect in the evocation of the young girl, killed in despicable, dramatic conditions, regardless of the contours of the case”. Because according to him “we sometimes tend to criminalize the victims in these cases”. Read also The worrying worsening of juvenile delinquency According to a police source, the shooter was already sentenced in 2012 to eight years in prison for shooting at police near Avignon while he was wanted for robbery. He was also known at that time for drug trafficking, theft, concealment and weapons offences. Released from prison in 2020, he is subject to several prosecutions and an Obligation to leave French territory (OQTF). SEE ALSO – Grenoble: the passenger of a vehicle killed in exchanges of fire with the police