Bayonne District Court -

Mickaël Bosredon / 20 Minutes

  • A 37-year-old motorist was killed by a police officer in the night from Sunday to Monday in Bayonne.

  • She allegedly tried to escape a check and injured an officer in the knee by hitting him with her vehicle.

  • The author of the shooting is in police custody and an investigation has been launched to assess whether the use of a weapon was relevant in the face of this refusal to comply.

We know more about the circumstances in which a 37-year-old woman lost her life on the night from Sunday to Monday, in Bayonne, after a shot by a police officer.

The public prosecutor of Bayonne Jérôme Bourrier, explains on Monday in a press release that the motorist tried to escape a control and that she would have hit one of the officers in the knee before his colleague replied by shooting.

"Dangerous driving"

At 1.10 am, the attention of a police crew was drawn to the presence of a vehicle stopped on the traffic lanes.

On seeing the agents, the driver would have started off towards the city center.

They pursued her, using their siren, with the aim of controlling the motorist who "would have adopted dangerous driving", writes the prosecutor.

A little further, the police manage to stop the vehicle "by positioning themselves askew on the road".

The officers asked the motorist to switch off the ignition before exiting their vehicle, one positioning himself in front of the vehicle and the other near the driver's door.

"The latter would then have insulted them before suddenly starting off by hitting the police vehicle in order to force their way through," the statement said.

According to the first elements gathered for the investigation "she would have encroached on the grassy median in the direction of the policeman in front, hitting him at the level of the right knee.

The police officer initially placed at door height would then have used his service weapon, touching the driver identified later as Nathalie Flores ”.

The police immediately gave her first aid and she was then taken care of by the Samu, but she died at the Center hospitalier de la Côte Basque shortly after.

Use of his weapon "in accordance with the rules"?

An investigation relating to the refusal to comply and the attempted homicide of a person holding public authority was opened and entrusted to the Bayonne judicial police service.

Another, open to the count of intentional homicide by a person holding public authority, is the subject of a co-request from the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) and the Bayonne judicial police service.

The author of the shot was taken into police custody.

"The purpose of this second investigation is to verify the conditions of use of weapons, and their compliance with the rules which apply to police officers, in terms of necessity and proportionality, under the conditions set by the security code. interior, ”the statement said.

At this stage, the investigation seeks to establish the chronology of events “in the context of this refusal to comply which resulted in the use of his weapon by a police officer.

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