It's 11:55 p.m. on Saturday night.
The Carls'Jr fast food is preparing to lower the curtain in the Westfield Vélizy 2 shopping center, in Vélizy-Villacoublay (Yvelines).
When a woman with a concealed face bursts into the room.
She wears a balaclava that only shows her eyes.
In one hand, she holds a defense ball launcher (LBD), in the other a tear gas canister.
And order the staff to give him the cash drawer.
Two brave employees throw themselves on her to subdue her.
In the crush, two shots ring out.
An employee is hit in the thigh by a flash ball but comes out without serious damage.
The 20-year-old robber was eventually arrested by the police and taken into custody.
Dropped off at the mall by two individuals
The next day, investigators from the Yvelines Departmental Security proceeded to search his home, in Montrouge in the Hauts-de-Seine.
They find there several edged weapons such as brass knuckles, a telescopic truncheon and a baseball bat, as well as ammunition for the ball launcher and firework mortars.
A metal box resembling the cash register of a convenience store was also found, containing rolls of coins.
According to initial findings, the offender did not act alone.
Two people would have deposited it in front of the Vélizy 2 shopping center just before the attempted theft.
The operation of video surveillance cameras is underway this Monday, to try to find their trace.