Shots rang out during Vincennes, in Paris, this Friday evening. According to our initial information, two police officers fired on a vehicle whose driver refused to comply.
Elements confirmed by a police source shortly after the events: “Around 7 p.m., Cours de Vincennes, a vehicle occupied by three individuals refused to comply. The police officers present on the scene fired. The target vehicle collided with another. The driver was seriously injured by bullets. He received cardiac massage but did not survive his injuries. The other occupants fled on foot. “The case would have started in the 11th arrondissement, “by an attack with a tear gas canister, before ending with this refusal to comply with the Cours de Vincennes”, indicates a police source.
On site, tram traffic was interrupted, while the RATP recommended avoiding the area.
The race of the vehicle ended well in the service road which runs along the course of Vincennes. There, in front of the fast food and the hair salon, a red Clio, the warning lights on, crashed into another vehicle parked in front of the shops.
For long minutes, a heart message was given to the individual, hidden by what looks like white tarpaulins, like an improvised camp where the relief operations were able to take place out of sight of the curious, massed by tens behind the security tape. “Three bullets were fired,” says a resident.
On videos that began to circulate on social networks, we saw that many means had been quickly deployed. The police quickly drew a fairly wide security perimeter, from the exit of the metro to the crossroads, between the Cours de Vincennes and the Boulevard Soult.
Two open investigations
A resident of the opposite sidewalk circulates around the security perimeter. Umbrella above the head. “I don’t understand, I heard gunshots, I jumped. It’s rather calm this axis, busy certainly, but calm. This is the first time that i see this. “I’ve lived here for years. I have not seen such a situation since the Hyper Cacher, observes, taken aback, a regular of the place.
Shortly before 9 p.m., the perimeter was still in place and tram traffic was still interrupted. Two investigations have been opened, said judicial and police sources. One for intentional homicide by a person holding public authority, entrusted to the “police of police” – the general inspectorate of the national police was also on the spot. The second for attempted murder of a person holding public authority, carried out by the judicial police.