There is a little more than 7h15ce Thursday morningwhen several inhabitants of MORCENX-LA-NOUVELLEin the Landes, are awakened by shots. Rue Georges-Clemenceau, a man visibly out of him continues his partner with a hand knife. And permission gendarmewitness to the scene, tries to intervene, reveal our colleagues from Southwest.
According to testimonies, the man, aged a forty -year -oldwould have ignored the summons of the soldier who ordered him to lay down his weapon. Worse, he would have threatened to “plant it”. Faced with the escalation of violence, the gendarme backstakes out his weapon, and shoot twice in the air. In vain. Man continues to move forward. The soldier would then have Fire againthis time in the direction of the aggressor, who was Street in the street.
Quickly mobilized help
A witness, presented as a victim’s friendimmediately helps the gendarme to provide first aid. Man is seriously injured hip and stomach. THE firefighters and a team from Smur intervene. A helicopter is dispatched from Bordeaux for a possible emergency transfer.
But despite the attempts to take care, the victim succumbs to his injuries Shortly before its evacuation.
A marginal profile
The victim was not not domiciled in the town. According to the mayor of Morcenx-la-Nouvelle, Paul Carrèrethe man was Hosted by a womanpresented as his partner. His entourage describes him as brawler et unstable.
The gendarme heard in police custody
The author of the shots, a soldierhas been led to the gendarmerie from Morccenx to be heard under the police custody regime. His lawyer, Me Lienarda member of the Paris bar, is expected on site in the coming hours.
An open investigation to shed light
THE Gendarmes of the Parentis-en-Born companysupported by Criminal identification techniciansont completed the perimeter And secure the scene. A Blue tarpaulin has been installed to preserve the findings
