Seriously injured on Friday, the 72-year-old man died on Saturday afternoon at the Nantes University Hospital, said the Nantes public prosecutor, Renaud Gaudeul. “(Friday) evening in Saint Herblain, a 25-year-old BAC police officer was injured by a firearm during an intervention,” wrote Saturday morning on X (formerly Twitter) the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau , who praised the “courage” of the agent.
He was hit in the shoulder and thigh, according to the Nantes public prosecutor’s office. His vital prognosis is not in jeopardy, according to a police source.
Friday evening, the police arrived on the scene around 9 p.m. after being alerted that a man “was walking on the public highway, carrying a rifle which he used to shoot in the air,” explained Renaud Gaudeul . The man then released his dog on the police officers, who shot the animal “with their service weapon”.
An exchange of fire ensued, during which the police officer was injured. The man then retreated into his trailer. The Raid police entered there around 11 p.m. “without having to use their weapons” and then discovered the man suffering from a gunshot wound. He had already been sentenced in particular for acts of violence and carrying a prohibited weapon, according to the prosecutor.
An investigation was opened for attempted intentional homicide against a police officer, and another, entrusted to the IGPN, “to determine the circumstances of the use of weapons by police officers”.
