A young 18-year-old woman, a passenger in a vehicle, was killed on the night of Tuesday October 4 to Wednesday October 5, in Grenoble, hit by a shot during an exchange of gunfire with the police.
The family of the young woman killed in car chase interspersed with exchanges of fire with the police on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in Grenoble, claims “the truthon the circumstances of his death, announced this Friday, October 7 his lawyer to AFP. “The family wishes the truth about the circumstances of the death and that all the light is shed with a serious investigation“, announced Me Nabil Boudi, who claims “the opening of a judicial inquiry“.
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the 18-year-old Grenoble girl was killed while she was in a vehicle chased by the police after a refusal to comply. The driver of the vehicle, a 30-year-old Moroccan, exchanged shots with police before being arrested.
‘Morally affected’
The suspect, who made use of his right to silence during his police custody, was indicted on Thursday in particular for “attempted murder of persons holding public authority», «possession of a category B weapon” and “driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs“, before being imprisoned.
At the same time, an investigation by the IGPN has been opened and a ballistic expertise will be carried out to determine which weapon hit the young passenger who, according to the prosecution, was “fatally hit by a single gunshot to the neck“. The custody of three police officers involved in the shooting was lifted Wednesday evening without prosecution at this stage. “We are waiting for the first acts of investigation and its criminal qualifications before deciding whether to file a complaint or if we are a civil party.“, further indicated the family lawyer.
The latter also calls on the police unions, the police, the prosecution and the press “a little more respect in the evocation of the young girl, killed in despicable, dramatic conditions, regardless of the contours of the case“. Because according to himthere is sometimes a tendency to criminalize the victims in these cases“.
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According to a police source, the shooter has already been sentenced in 2012 to eight years in prison for shooting at police officers near Avignon while he was wanted for robbery. He was also known at that time for drug trafficking, theft, concealment and weapons offences. Released from prison in 2020, he is subject to several prosecutions and an Obligation to leave French territory (OQTF).
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