Overview

• On the night of June 7 in Wingles, Pas-de-Calais, police responded to a domestic violence report involving a 53-year-old man brandishing a 20- to 30-centimeter meat piercer.
• Officers judged the suspect an immediate threat to his wife’s safety and fired upon arrival, fatally wounding him.
• The man had prior convictions for rebellion, violence, weapons possession and harassing calls but no documented domestic violence record.
• The two officers were briefly held in IGPN custody before release when evidence showed their actions complied with legal standards.
• Prosecutors in Béthune have opened separate inquiries into the domestic violence episode and the voluntary homicide allegations, with the latter handled by the IGPN’s Lille delegation.