A police officer responsible for the fatal shooting of Olivio Gomes, a 28-year-old motorist whom he had followed, in 2020 in Poissy in Yvelines, was referred Monday to an assize court for murder, we learned from a source close to the case.
The Paris night BAC official is accused of having killed Olivio Gomes after having followed him to the bottom of his home, in the Beauregard city, on the night of October 16 to 17, 2020. During the investigation, the police officer admitted being the perpetrator of the shooting but denied any intention of homicide.
Olivio Gomes' car was spotted by the civil servant, aged 29 at the time of the incident, and two of his BAC colleagues, swerving between the lanes in the middle of heavy traffic on the Paris ring road. , according to statements by police officers to the IGPN, the “police of police”, cited in the indictment order consulted by AFP.
“Disproportionate” shootings
On board the car, in addition to Olivio Gomes, the driver, were two passengers aged 29 and 33, all from Yvelines.
For several kilometers, the police followed the car on the ring road then on the A13, without being noticed.
A first version of the police spoke of a refusal to comply.
Their version was contradicted by the exploitation of surveillance cameras on the ring road, showing that Olivio Gomes' vehicle was driving fast but without violating the Highway Code, indicates the indictment order.
The driver, without a license and under the influence of alcohol and cannabis, then stopped his car in Poissy, below his residence.
Explaining that the driver restarted and rushed at him, the police officer accused indicated that he had opened fire.
Olivio Gomes was hit by three shots: in the shoulder, neck and left shoulder blade.
The second, fatal, perforated both of his lungs.
A judicial investigation for murder was opened on October 21, 2020 and the police officer indicted and placed under judicial supervision.
“The family of Mr. Olivio Gomes has and continues to have confidence in justice,” Me Pape Ndiogou Mbaye, the family's lawyer, responded to AFP on Monday.
Contacted by AFP, Me Laurent-Franck Liénard, counsel for the police officer, indicated that he was unable to speak, having not been aware of the indictment order.
During the investigation, his client denied having wanted to kill Olivio Gomes, “indicating that he had fired to protect his life”, indicates this document.
But according to the conclusions of the investigating judge, these three shots were not a “proportionate” solution.