The simple road check turned into a tragedy on the night of Sunday June 9 to Monday June 10 in Cherbourg in La Manche. A 19-year-old young man who tried to escape a traffic stop was fatally shot, says the daily West France.
It was 11:40 p.m. when a team of three police officers tried to control a vehicle traveling at excessive speed. After several warnings, the driver still refused to comply and continued on his way. It was only after the intervention that a second police vehicle intervened and managed to force them to stop.
A fatal shot to the chest
It concerns a stolen car with three individuals on board. Blocked, they begin to flee on foot. While one of them manages to disappear into the night, another is arrested and placed in the custody of the concealment chief.
“In an opposite direction, the third individual, a young man aged 19 from Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, found himself facing two of the police officers from the second crew and intentionally jostled one of them by taking the The official then used an electric shock gun, at the same time, another agent used his firearm, fatally hitting him in the chest.explains Pierre-Yves Margot, the public prosecutor in a press release published this Monday, June 10.
The policewoman hospitalized then placed in police custody
The agent behind the shooting is a woman according to initial information. La Presse de la Manche claims that the policewoman was initially hospitalized in a state of shock. She was then taken into custody.
An investigation was opened and entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN). “The investigations carried out must determine the course and the exact circumstances of the facts”said the prosecutor.
