An agent of the Baie de Somme urban community was shot dead on Wednesday morning while on duty in Abbeville, Somme. A suspect is on the run, we learned from a police source and from the agglomeration.
The man died at the end of the morning while he was on board a boat where he was taking part in a pruning operation, said a police source. The alert was given by members of his team, who heard detonations, said a source close to the investigation. A suspect is on the run, and the investigation, for “voluntary homicide”, has been entrusted to the judicial police, she said.
The victim was known to the police
The victim, aged 28, was known to the police for common law offenses, according to this source. The agglomeration community of the Baie de Somme specified that he worked as an agent for this community.
A psychological support unit has been set up for the agents, she added, adding that the mayor of Abbeville, Pascal Demarthe, had visited the scene.