He already had four convictions for spousal violence to his credit.
The prosecutor of the Republic of Périgueux Solène Belaouar clarified a certain number of elements this Sunday evening, on the profile of the armed man wanted by more than 300 gendarmes since this Sunday morning.
All these convictions were linked to violence against his ex-partner.
The last was in February 2020.
The 29-year-old man, heavily armed, was also "prohibited from possessing weapons" and "the weapon he used that night and which he currently uses, presumably, is a weapon which was obtained illegally" , she added during a press briefing at Lardin-Saint-Lazare.
The individual was located in a wooded area near this Dordogne village.
He had gone in the night from Sunday to Monday at the home of his ex-girlfriend, to attack his new friend, who was slightly injured in an altercation.
The madman then attacked the gendarmes, towards whom he shot several times.
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