His relatives do not intend to hide the truth: “Karim made mistakes from his youth. But contrary to what may have been implied since he was shot and killed, the terrible drama which took place in Ivry-sur-Seine on Thursday evening has nothing to do with his past.
This 40-year-old man definitely did not know the man who opened fire on him and his father, point blank in the parking lot of their residence, in front of all the women in the family. The shooter and his driver arrested the same night, after a hot pursuit by the police, were referred this Sunday, confirms the Créteil prosecutor's office joined by Le Parisien .
"As soon as we close our eyes, we have the images"
Three days have passed since “the nightmare. “And it is a devastated tribe that we meet this Sunday at the foot of the Hauts-d'Ivry social residence. There is the dad, very close to a white Renault with a bullet hole that he was able to dodge on Thursday, the weeping aunt, the shocked neighbors, and then the sisters. “As soon as you close your eyes, you have the images,” one of them blows.
Sahra will concentrate so as not to crack. But she wishes to relate each stage of the infernal encounter which deprived her of her eldest son forever. “Because we must set the record straight: no, this is not a neighborhood dispute. "
The attacker returned with a knife and then a weapon
That evening, the young woman is at home when loud voices are heard outside. “A man was in the parking lot, insulting a resident of the residence who went out to open the gate. He looked totally drunk. As if he had taken substances in addition to alcohol… ”“ He was walking on the roofs of the boxes, confirms this first witness. He seemed to be looking for someone to do battle. "
“Everyone went to their window,” Sahra continues. That's when my dad got off to his car with a neighbor. He, too, suffered insults. But there was a call for calm, the man left. And he came back… ”
This time he holds a knife and threatens. A crowd is created behind the big HLM bar and several residents try to reason with the individual who never ceases to insult them. A lady calls the police, but the troublemaker will have left again before the arrival of the crew.
Karim was about to go on vacation with his daughter
"A woman declaring herself as his girlfriend then introduced herself and started looking for an allegedly lost channel," recalls Sahra. There was no jewel. It sounded like a pretext. I told him: your friend doesn't seem to be in his normal state, I don't know why he's coming but we stop there . She too turns on her heels. The small crowd dissipates.
Night fell when the third incursion occurred in less than an hour. Karim, who came to share his parents' dinner with his 8-year-old daughter, went downstairs to take his bag in his car. He is in full preparation: in a few hours, he will be taking “his reason for living” on vacation.
Four shots and the affected femoral artery
But when it comes time to return to the family apartment, the stranger is back. "Out of curiosity, I went downstairs to make sure everything was fine," explains Djilali, who also lives there. The man was on the phone, still asking for his chain. Then he tried to go around a car, as if to go and kick Karim. "
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"He was actually looking for the best angle to shoot," Sahra swallowed. Because everyone ignores it, but the rascal hides a gun in the back of his pants. The bullets are engaged, he begins to shoot. “At least four times,” we are told.
Karim tries to flee while his father dodges a shot, and suddenly collapses from his meter eighty. He inevitably hears his mother screaming at the window. Her daughter believes in firecrackers.
The projectile which lodged in the buttock hit the femoral artery. Karim is in cardio-respiratory arrest when the firefighters arrive. Heart massages will not revive him. "He died in their truck on the way to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital without one of us, stranded in the security perimeter, being able to accompany him," Sahra laments. The body is still in the forensic institute.
As for the author of the fatal shots, already vanished! Someone was waiting for him at the gate of the residence. But their vehicle was overtaken by police motorcyclists. According to our information, the main suspect first placed in a sobering-up cell had to be taken care of for a malaise before his deferral.
The second was quickly heard during his custody in the premises of the departmental judicial police service. "His participation in the facts raises a question," simply warns Me Yvan Bonet, his lawyer, whom we have joined and who does not wish to extend.
"A generous man"
On everyone's lips this Sunday, we hear nothing but good from the great Karim in the parking lot where cakes and coffees are served to all those who flock to condolences. "He was very handsome, of course," manages to smile his dad who no longer sleeps. "He was a good, generous man, always at the service of others", abounds Soria, another sister of the deceased, who no longer eats. “A true gentleman! », Concludes this neighbor.
Far from the "little nonsense" of the past, which had earned him to be known to the police, the neighborhood child had become a motorcycle repairer. He had set up his box in Ivry. "Within a few hours, he was on vacation," recalls Soria. What kind of monster can do that? Now, justice be done… ”
