Chase in the streets of the “capital of the Alps”.
A driver, under the yoke of an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), ran into a police officer during a refusal to comply in Grenoble (Isère), this Wednesday, April 5, Le Figaro learned from the
prosecution
. from the city.
He was shot and seriously injured by the police.
The facts begin around 1:30 p.m., in the Berriat district, in the western center of Grenoble, while a police patrol tries to control the driver of a city car.
The man behind the wheel, wanted by the authorities and subject to an enforceable obligation to leave the territory without delay, then refuses to get out of the vehicle, and begins "many
dangerous maneuvers
".
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Shot in the groin
Faced with the danger that the situation could represent, the security forces present twice used an electric pulse gun, through the open window of the vehicle - in vain.
The driver, trying to escape, destroys parking posts in his path and “
deliberately
” rushes into a police officer, whom he almost hits.
The latter responds by using his service weapon, hitting the driver in the groin with a bullet.
Wounded, he manages to escape.
The facts began rue Clément, in Grenoble.
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Several minutes later, the Isère Departmental Fire and Rescue Service received a call from a woman, a resident of the town of Sassenage.
She declares the gunshot wound of her 25-year-old spouse.
Warned, bikers from the Grenoble police went there, and discovered the individual and his vehicle.
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Known for multiple misdemeanors
The suspect is then taken care of by the firefighters, and transferred to the hospital of La Tronche in absolute emergency.
His condition is stable for the time being, indicates Éric Vaillant, public prosecutor of Grenoble.
An investigation for attempted murder of a person in charge of public authority has been opened against this man, of Algerian nationality and known to the courts for drug use, refusal to comply, hit and run offenses and ports of entry. armed.
The IGPN of Lyon was also seized concerning the shooting of the police officer, "
as is customary in these circumstances
".
