The police officer is accused of having shot seven times at an individual suspected of having wanted to squat in his grandmother’s home.
In Seine-Saint-Denis, a police officer was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention for murder on Tuesday, the Bobigny prosecutor’s office announced. He is accused of having shot a man dead on Saturday with his administrative weapon while he was off duty. The victim allegedly tried to squat in the home of the accused’s grandmother, a police source told the Figaroconfirming the information of 20 Minutes .
The incident took place on Saturday at the pensioner’s home in Bobigny, around 6:30 a.m. She called her grandson, an officer from the department’s Public Order and Traffic Department (DOPC). When the officer arrived, he found himself in the garage, “nose to nose” with the intruder who was “potentially” endowed with “of a weapon“, our source specifies.
He then opened fire, fatally wounding the individual. According to our colleagues at 20 Minutesthe police officer fired seven shots, hitting the squatter six times. He immediately notified the police, specifying that he had used his weapon. He was then taken into custody. His alcohol and drug tests were negative.
