The police intervened for an argument and found themselves face to face with an armed man.
A resident of Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine) was arrested on Saturday evening at his home for carrying a category C firearm. It was around 10:45 p.m. when a crew from the anti-crime brigade (Bac) intervened. at the home of a couple, avenue de Villiers.
This is a domestic dispute involving a firearm.
Arriving on the landing of the apartment, the police had the door opened by a man with a gun, which he did not point in their direction.
The suspect is immediately targeted by the Bac agents who, while maintaining their composure, order him to drop his weapon.
Against all expectations, the man asks the police to shoot him, while making large, sudden gestures with his weapon, before finally dropping it.
Many cartridges at home
The madman was then quickly subdued, then handcuffed by the forces who kept their cool, before being transported to Bichat hospital in Paris (18th arrondissement).
Officials noted that the rifle's magazine, a 22 long rifle, was not stocked.
However, they found in the apartment a magazine stocked with ten cartridges, a cartridge belt containing 22 shotgun cartridges and 177 22 caliber cartridges.
A little over three weeks ago, the Oise gendarmes called for domestic violence at the home of a drug addict couple in Néry had discovered a veritable arsenal of 26 weapons, including sniper rifles.