Babacar Gueye was shot dead in December 2015 in the Maurepas district of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine). More than seven years after the death of the 27-year-old, the justice concluded that the police officer of the Rennes anti-crime brigade who had killed him.
According to the investigating judge, the official had acted in self-defense, says Philippe Astruc, public prosecutor, quoted by Ouest-France. But the family is challenging this decision. She has ten days to appeal the decision.
On the night of 2 to 3 December 2015, Babacar Gueye faced police officers in his apartment, showing himself to be "threatening" and armed with a knife. One of the policemen had fired five shots and shot the young man. According to the shooter, the victim had "got up quickly" and "always had his knife in his hand".
A "dementia crisis", according to the family
According to his family, the young Senegalese was subject to a "dementia crisis" at the time of the facts. An investigation for attempted murder of a person holding public authority" was closed in July 2016, as was the investigation by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), which was systematically opened when a police officer opened fire.
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The prosecutor's office, which had considered that the police officers' versions were compatible with ballistic analysis, had requested this dismissal. And was therefore followed by the investigating judge.
"That's what we've been advocating from the beginning. This dismissal is a relief for my client, "welcomes Me Frédéric Birrien, lawyer of the police officer in question, quoted by 20 minutes.