Overview

• Lanoir is on trial before the Paris assize court until June 20 for voluntary homicide after fatally shooting 27-year-old Eric Casado Lopez, who was celebrating signing a work contract in May 2022.
• He has repeatedly denied any intent to kill and asserted that the fatal shot was a reflexive act without racist motivation.
• The investigating judge ruled out a racial motive in the indictment, finding no procedural evidence that the attack targeted the victim’s origin or skin color.
• Prosecutors highlighted a pre-murder Telegram post by Lanoir urging to “eliminate the cockroaches” and denigrating Jews to underscore his extremist views.
• After the shooting, Lanoir fled the scene, was later apprehended following a foot chase, and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted.