After a chase and a police officer injured Thursday, October 7, the driver of the vehicle is placed in pre-trial detention. Remi Heitz, public prosecutor salutes the courage of the police officers and confirms that this is an attempted murder of a person holding public authority.
Two people were arrested on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, in Epinal (Vosges), after a chase with the police. According to the public prosecutor, “the police fired five times on the vehicle, which ended up coming to a stop against the median”.
“I would first like to salute the courage of my colleagues, who have most certainly avoided that the facts have much more dramatic consequences for everyone”, explains William Wulleman, deputy regional secretary of the Alliance-Police-Nationale union.
It is an illustration that the police and gendarmes are on the front line in the fight against drugs. Inside the vehicle, 520 g of heroin were discovered.
The public prosecutor in Epinal, Nicolas Heitz provides some details early Thursday evening: “I would like to salute the professionalism and the coolness of the five police officers from the Epinal police station. During this dramatic event, they showed great coolness, they were even touched in their flesh”. And he adds: “It is the illustration that the police and the gendarmes are on the front line in the fight against drugs. It has been the priority of my prosecution for years. Inside the vehicle, 520 g of heroin were discovered behind the dashboard. “.
The driver of the car is indicted for attempted murder of a person holding public authority and refusal to comply aggravated by endangering the lives of others. He was remanded in custody. The second is prosecuted for complicity and refusal to comply.
The driver may have reactions that are too difficult to anticipate.
Thursday, October 7, these two people are heard in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) in the premises of the judicial police which is responsible for the investigation. They were taken into custody for attempted murder. “We managed to stop them, because approaching a vehicle which despite everything refuses control, is still very risky”, adds William Wulleman.
Police officer injured in front of Ambrail school
The two men fled during a police road check in Epinal.
They allegedly tried to run into the police, who responded by firing shots. The facts took place in the suburb of Ambrail, in front of a school, in the center of the city at the end of the afternoon, around 6 p.m. “In this type of action, things go very quickly and it is very complicated because the driver can have reactions that are too difficult to anticipate.”
A policeman was struck by a car. Six days of temporary incapacity for work were prescribed by a doctor.
He suffered an ankle injury and was hospitalized, his life is not in danger. The public prosecutor of Epinal, Nicolas Heitz, explains “it is, for the time being, an attempted murder on a person holding public authority”. The investigation was entrusted to the territorial directorate of the judicial police of Nancy.
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