A young 18-year-old woman, a passenger in a vehicle, was killed on the night of Tuesday October 4 to Wednesday October 5, in Grenoble (Isère), indicates the Grenoble prosecutor's office.
An autopsy will take place on Thursday.
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The police officers of the Grenoble police station had to face a refusal to comply and shots fired by the driver of the vehicle who refused to stop, leading them to retaliate
", specifies the public prosecutor of Grenoble, Eric Valiant.
At the end of a chase, which began around 2:20 a.m. in Saint-Martin-d'Hères (Isère) and ended in Grenoble, the driver of the vehicle fled but was caught by the police who were arrested and taken into custody.
He was taken to the hospital, but his life is not in danger.
The Grenoble public prosecutor's office entrusted an investigation to the Grenoble judicial police for "
attempted murders of persons holding public authority and refusal to comply
".
At the same time, the prosecution opened an investigation into the shootings carried out by the police and seized the IGPN of Lyon.