The alleged perpetrator of the shootings which seriously injured a 5-year-old child in the head at the end of October near Rennes, in Pacé, was indicted and imprisoned. This is a 16-year-old minor. Announcement made this Thursday, December 19 by the procudirector Frédéric Teillet.
At the end of October, a little boy riding in a car driven by his father had been seriously injured by gunshot to the headduring a chase occurred a few hours later a shooting against a backdrop of drug trafficking in Rennes.
“A 16-year-old admits to having shot on instructions from the adults who accompanied him”
“The five perpetrators occupants of the vehicle have been identified“, indicated Frédéric Teillet during a press briefing. The suspected shooter was arrested this Monday, December 16 in Rennesindicted and incarcerated.
It’s about “a 16 year old who admits to having shot on the instructions of the adults who accompanied him“, continued the public prosecutor.
The young man is “from the Rennes sector” et “he had already the subject of arrests for other disputes“, including once for violence, said Jean-Marc Lesné, second in command of the Rennes research section of the gendarmerie.
The 5-year-old child is currently hemiplegic
The prosecutor had already announced at the beginning of December three indictments for “attempted intentional homicide in an organized gang and criminal association” in this matter.
A fifth person spontaneously presented himself to the police Tuesday evening. “The prosecution also requires the detention of this fifth individual, and the judge of freedom of detention will make his decision during the day“, said Mr. Teillet.
The 5 year old childis currently hemiplegic“with “developments that only time will allow us to know“, he said again.
22 people imprisoned since July
“In total, these are 22 people identified, arrested, convicted and imprisoned for these acts of violence which have shaken the Rennes metropolis since July“, indicated the prosecutor.
“Everyone remains mobilizedpolice officers, gendarmes and obviously justice services for this purpose, so that we manage, if possible, to deal more definitive blows to this trafficking“insisted Frédéric Teillet.
