INFO THE DISPATCH. Toulouse: mowed down by a driver, a municipal police officer opens fire
This Friday in the middle of the afternoon, the driver of a car restarted while he was checked by the municipal police. He deliberately ran into a policeman.
He had no choice but to shoot. A municipal police officer had to use his firearm this Friday, shortly before 5 p.m. in Toulouse. The facts took place on the side of Eisenhower Avenue and the Thibaud zone, in the southwest of the city. It all started with a banal traffic check. A municipal police crew crossed paths with a driver who was driving too fast. The officials asked this man to stop, on the side of the chemin de Perpignan, near the incinerator.
The control was able to start normally. The man at the wheel stopped at the injunctions of the police but the tone would have risen. Suddenly, the driver started again with a bang, mowing down a municipal policeman in his path before fainting into traffic. The policeman had to use his weapon several times. The alert was relayed on the airwaves and national police and municipal patrols went in search of this car, a Fiat Doblo with two-tone doors, and its driver.
The vehicle was found empty of its occupant who fled on foot in the Bellefontaine sector. Impacts were noted on the bodywork. The broke policeman was injured. He had to be taken to hospital for examination. However, his days were not committed. “The police were chasing him,” said a witness to the shootings. I believe he is out. It yelled and the car pulled over. I turned around when I heard shooting.
“Scandalous”
This Friday, at the end of the afternoon, the police had set up a security perimeter at the scene of the attack. Officials had to be heard in order to understand the product of the facts. Emilion Esnault, security assistant and head of the municipal police, was to go there to express his solidarity with the municipal police. Contacted, he confirmed the attack on an agent. “The facts are shocking. It’s outrageous, he said. I hope that the responsible will be apprehended and judged as it should be”.
Yannick Cheveau, national and local manager of the CFTC municipal police, also says his excitement. “I am happy that the colleague was not seriously injured. Road checks are among the most risky interventions, he recalls. In Toulouse, on a response to the luck of power. In other communities, they are not so lucky. The hit and run becomes a dangerous reflex for the agents as well as for the population, especially since it is often for a falling out”.
The suspect was wanted.
A few minutes ago, during an excessive speed control in the Eisenhower sector, the driver deliberately restarted and drove into a Municipal Policeman, who opened fire.
I express my full support to the injured officer and the crew. Shocking and outrageous facts.— Emilion Esnault (@EmilionEsnault) July 15, 2022