Weapons in hand, he pursued fifty schoolchildren aged 13 to 14 frightened in the street, this Friday afternoon, in Rozay-en-Brie.
He also stuck a gun under the throat of a physical education and sports (PSE) teacher for minutes that seemed like an eternity to the distraught young witnesses.
The madman surrendered to the gendarmes the same day.
He was taken into custody.
He should be tried this Monday afternoon, in immediate appearance, by the criminal court of Meaux.
In the meantime, his provisional detention should be pronounced by a judge of freedoms and detention, in the evening of this Sunday.
Both teachers and college kids all believed in real guns.
They looked like it.
Only the madman knew they were fake.
These are perfect replicas used in airsoft.
They simply throw marbles.
Not enough to reassure teachers, students and their parents in turmoil who wonder what may have gone through the mind of this man of thirty years.
The gendarmes carried out a search of his home.
They came out with a handgun and a shotgun for airsoft practice.
"Believed to be responsible for these acts", he will be judged
The photo of that moment was immortalized by the passenger of a bus passing in the street at the time.
It circulated on social networks, initially reassuring a number of parents, satisfied that the perpetrator is no longer free.
Because the scene traumatized.
The children thought the man was going to shoot in the heap.
In shock, one of the teenagers now asks his parents to make a detour to avoid the suburb of Rome, the scene of the events ...
The perpetrator was not alcoholic.
He even explained to the gendarmerie investigators that he had a problem ... with young people.
"A psychological examination found him responsible for these acts", however specifies Laureline Peyrefitte, the prosecutor of the Republic of Meaux.
He pointed his gun at a teacher's throat
His heat came when the college students, educated at the Remparts college in Rozay, were hiking in the village of 3,500 inhabitants, during their PE course.
They were passing in two groups in front of the home of the perpetrator.
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It was there that the latter started threatening them with his rifle from his window.
Led by their sports teacher, the first class fled.
But the man leaves his home as the second class passes.
He points his gun at the throat of the second PE teacher, while the teens with him run away.
Others initially remain paralyzed by the scene, before fleeing in turn.
All then join their college.
"It's hard for kids to experience stuff like that", reacts Christine, a mother.
All weekend, Rozay gendarmes recorded witness statements.
About fifty families have lodged a complaint.
This Monday, a psychological unit must also be set up at the Remparts college, for children who need it.
