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Tours: a man arrested by the Raid after shooting a doctor and a policeman

2021-06-18T07:54:21.343Z


A 55-year-old man was arrested by the Raid on Tuesday, June 15 in the afternoon in Tours after slightly injuring a psychiatrist and a police officer in ...


A 55-year-old man was arrested by the Raid on Tuesday, June 15 in the afternoon in Tours after slightly injuring a psychiatrist and a police officer by shooting at them, announced Tours public prosecutor Grégoire Dulin.

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Shortly before noon, a psychiatrist and a nurse came to the individual's home, "

for several weeks out of care

" while he was in hospitalization in home psychiatry. "

Not being able to get in touch with this person, the doctor decided to call the police to try to contact the patient and hospitalize him automatically,

" said the prosecutor during a press point.

When the police arrived, the man opened fire from the first floor of his home, firing "

maybe three times

", "

with a priori a rifle

". “

Leads were found, in particular on the police vehicle. The psychiatrist was slightly injured superficially in the elbow. A police officer was injured, a little more seriously at the level of the head with a lead, a priori, which was anchored at the level of his forehead

", declared Grégoire Dulin, evoking"

superficial

"

injuries

. Two Raid response teams then entered the house to arrest the man who was overpowered with a taser but not injured.

He was taken into custody for attempted intentional homicide on a person holding public authority and attempted voluntary homicide on hospital staff, according to the prosecution. "

The search is underway, we think we will find a hunting rifle but we are progressing step by step (...), we think that it is pellets that have been fired,

" said the prosecutor. Taken to a psychiatric emergency room, the gunman was examined and his state of health was not considered compatible with police custody. "

The person arrested will be hospitalized in a psychiatric establishment this afternoon on the decision of a representative of the State

", Said the prosecutor in a press release. The madman has no criminal record. He had been implicated in a procedure in 2013, procedure dismissed for criminal irresponsibility.

Source: lefigaro

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