The suicide attempt was just a way for him to be taken to the hospital.
Louis F., 28, simulated an act on Tuesday, at the end of the day, in his cell in Osny prison (Val-d'Oise) where he has been imprisoned since last October for the murder of 'a young man of 18 in Valenton (Val-de-Marne).
The plan called for him to be taken from prison to the hospital where an armed accomplice was waiting for him.
As Louis leaves the ambulance, escorted by two prison officers, she fires with "a long gun" according to witnesses. Two shots. One of the guards was hit in the back by several pellets. He is hurt. Louis and his accomplice then flee in a car. Those present did not succeed in finding the registration number and according to our information, the police did not benefit from any report concerning this vehicle.
Louis is considered "very dangerous" by the police, known to be regularly armed.
This Tuesday evening, he was actively wanted.
The agents know him several drop-off points in Val-de-Marne and Essonne, in particular in Yerres.
His known address in this town of Essonne was also placed under seal after an arson that occurred last week.
Wanted, he had surrendered himself
The case for which he was imprisoned until now took place in a pavilion on rue Sacco-et-Vanzetti in Valenton.
The facts took place within the community of Travelers in a chalet at the bottom of a garden.
That night, between twenty and thirty people were watching the Champions League football match, between Paris-Saint-Germain and Manchester City.
Louis knew his victim.
For some reason investigators could not determine at the time, he had left and returned to shoot Alfred on five occasions.
Louis then fled on a Tmax scooter.
He presented himself at the police station in Créteil (Val-de-Marne) two days later.
At the material time, he was on an electronic bracelet, his sentence due to end in December.