After the death of a motorist in Sevran on March 26, the victim of a fatal police shooting, the investigation continues.

The prosecution requested the placement under judicial supervision of the police officer as well as his indictment for "willful violence resulting in death without intention to give it", announced this Friday the public prosecutor of Bobigny Éric Mathais.

The 32-year-old brigadier will be presented to an examining magistrate in the evening.

The drama took place at midday on Saturday, when a crew from the Aulnay-sous-Bois anti-crime brigade wanted to check the reported stolen van driven by Jean-Paul, a resident of the Beaudottes district in Sevran. (Seine-Saint-Denis).

The policeman indicated during his first hearing "to have placed himself at the level of the driver's window, to have raised his weapon while shouting" police!

“And said he had tried several times to open the door which was locked,” said the prosecutor during a press conference.

“He saw the driver engage a gear and accelerate strongly,” continued Éric Mathais.

The police officer claims to have been "unbalanced", "to have felt in a state of self-defense" and "to have fired for this reason".

Five nights of violence in Seine-Saint-Denis

Seriously injured in the left shoulder blade, the driver died a few hours after his admission to hospital.

The autopsy confirmed that the shooting was the cause of death.

The death of this resident of Beaudottes caused five consecutive nights of violence in several municipalities of Seine-Saint-Denis, bordering the district.

In Sevran, Aulnay-sous-Bois and Tremblay-en-France, popular towns located northeast of Paris, vehicles and garbage cans were set on fire and projectiles thrown at the police, without causing any injuries.

41 people were arrested for acts of violence and degradation, including several involving minors.

Fifteen people have been referred for immediate appearance.

A white march from Aulnay-sous-Bois is scheduled for Saturday morning in memory of the victim.

Why did urban violence break out in Seine-Saint-Denis?

The policeman who killed a man during a check placed in police custody

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