Overview
- Police say a man in his thirties who had been seen firing a handgun from a motorcycle was shot dead during an attempted arrest in Beauvais after officers came under fire and one officer was wounded in the arm.
- Officials report the suspect was quickly identified by the city's video-surveillance system and located at his home before officers tried to gain entry and faced gunfire.
- Officers first gave verbal warnings and used a pistolet à impulsion électrique (Taser) and then fired their service weapons after receiving additional shots, with emergency services taking the wounded suspect into care who died shortly after.
- The prosecutor confirmed the man had been discharged from a psychiatric hospital the day before and the local commissariat opened an inquiry into his alleged shootings while the police judiciaire in Creil and the IGPN (Lille) are investigating the use of weapons by officers.
- Family members at the scene were not injured and the case raises questions about hospital discharge procedures and police tactics, which could prompt further legal review and changes in oversight practices.