A tragic outcome in the Loire.
A 35-year-old man followed in psychiatry was killed at his home in La Talaudière (Loire), on the night of Monday to Tuesday, by police called on the spot whom he threatened with a knife, according to concordant sources.
The man, from West Africa, was very agitated when his wife and stepson locked him in the family apartment and called the police at around 8 p.m.
The day before, he had left of his own accord the psychiatric hospital where he was staying and where he was to return on Tuesday, according to statements from members of his family.
When the police arrived, the man walked towards them, brandishing a kitchen knife in his hand.
The use by the police, on two occasions, of an electric pulse pistol did not make it possible to stop it.
An official then fired a shot in the direction of the maniac, according to a police source.
Unknown man from the police
His death was noted a few minutes later by the firefighters who intervened on the spot, indicates Le Progrès.
The man was not known for acts of violence, no handbook or complaint had been filed against him.
An investigation was entrusted by the Stéphanois prosecution to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN).
The investigation relating to the fatal shot fired at La Talaudière "should be facilitated by the fact that the intervention of the police in the apartment was filmed by the son-in-law of the victim", told AFP a source close to the investigation.
The Saint-Etienne prosecutor's office announces for its part that it will communicate "during the day".
This news item comes barely two days after a chase in the city center of Saint-Étienne after a shooting. Saturday afternoon, a man opened fire on the police. No policeman was injured but the individual was hit by retaliatory fire.