The procedure is taking its course.
The two police officers who opened fire on Sunday evening in the 11th arrondissement of Paris on a man who was "threatening" towards them were taken into custody in the evening, as part of the investigation entrusted to the Inspection general of the national police (IGPN), for "willful violence resulting in death without intention to give it".
The man, whose identity had not been established with certainty on Sunday evening, died after being hit four times by two police officers.
One of the officers fired once, the second three times, according to sources interviewed by AFP.
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Paris: a man shot dead after being "threatening" towards the police
According to the first elements of the investigation which have yet to be verified, Sunday, shortly after 8 p.m., near the Place de la République (Paris XI), the man had been reported as in possession of a weapon.
He allegedly first threatened a dog with a handgun.
As the two patrolling police officers approached him, he turned to them, pointing his gun at them.
The police then allegedly opened fire.
"He does not seem to have uttered any particular words to the police but was indeed threatening," said a police source on Sunday.
According to police sources at BFMTV and Le Figaro, the weapon held by the man was dummy, of the airsoft type.
A second investigation was opened, for "attempted murder of a person holding public authority", and entrusted to the second district of the Paris judicial police.
