Overview

• Fara Tournier, 32, died Saturday after being gravely wounded during a Thursday night gendarmerie intervention in Plum, south of Nouméa.
• The prosecutor said a three-member patrol responded to a brawl when a pickup allegedly charged them, prompting two shots, and the implicated gendarme said he felt in immediate danger and did not see Tournier.
• Witnesses told reporters they heard three shots and that the first struck Tournier as he stood between the vehicle and the officers.
• Medical observations noted fragments near the victim’s head whose origin remains undetermined, with the cause and sequence of injuries still under examination.
• The pickup’s driver was indicted on allegations including property damage, driving without a license, failure to comply and endangering others, and was placed under judicial supervision.