A suspect known for theft and violence identified and actively sought

A suspect has been identified and is being actively sought after the murder of a municipal agent in Grenoble on Sunday morning, it has been learned The Figaro with the deputy prosecutor of Grenoble this Monday, September 9. “The man is known to the courts for various offences”including theft, violence and drug trafficking, he said. Four searches took place on Sunday and Monday “in places where he is likely to inhabit”.

Lilian Dejean, a 49-year-old cleaning agent, was on duty early Sunday morning on Boulevard Jean-Pain in downtown Grenoble when, witnessing a traffic accident, he tried to stop the perpetrator from fleeing. The latter then pulled out a firearm and shot the municipal employee several times. Hit by two bullets in the chest, he died shortly afterwards.

The shooter, who was driving a powerful rental sedan with Polish registration plates, fled the scene. The victim of the road accident, whose vehicle was hit from behind, was prescribed six days of temporary incapacity for work, it was reported.

Numerous shootings

“This is an unheard of violence that has befallen our colleague”launched the green mayor Éric Piolle this Monday during a tribute from the steps of the Town Hall. “We can’t stand these guns everywhere anymore”he said, expressing his “sadness” and his “anger”Gathered in the rain, several hundred people, including many elected officials with their blue-white-red sashes, colleagues and friends, observed a minute of silence in memory of the father.

The Alpine metropolis has experienced a summer marked by numerous shootings between drug traffickers. At least 17 episodes of gun violence have been recorded in the territory since the beginning of the year and the authorities no longer hesitate to speak of «gang war ».