a man seriously injured by a municipal police officer
This Friday, August 5, around 6:20 p.m., a man was seriously injured by a bullet in Annecy (Haute-Savoie). The deputy prosecutor of the Republic of Annecy, Pierre Filliard confirms this evening to France Bleu Pays de Savoie that according to the first elements of the investigation: “a man was seriously injured near the Annecy bus station by the shooting of a municipal policeman“.
“A man would have brandished what looked like a weapon, witnesses would have called the municipal police and feeling threatened, a municipal police officer would have fired “ specifies the mayor of Annecy, François Astorg. The Deputy Public Prosecutor specifies that it is “of a handgun and that the individual exhibited characteristic behavior“.
The victim was transported to the Annecy Genevois Hospital Center. His vital prognosis would be engaged. The municipal policeman, who injured the man, was taken into custody this Friday evening at the Annecy police station. At least six witnesses to the scene were also heard by the national police. This Saturday noon, the police custody of the agent is still in progress. The witness statements were forwarded to the prosecution.
Annecy municipal police have been armed since 2018.