Overview

• Police arrested the suspect on June 5 after video surveillance captured him firing the flare in Coutances
• The suspect, from the Coutances region and employed in the fishing industry, was identified using the city’s videoprotection network
• Prosecutor Gauthier Poupeau opened an inquiry for intentional violence against a public officer and will provide a case update on June 6
• The wounded officer, a 43-year-old canine brigade member from Rennes, remains in an induced coma in Caen with serious facial injuries
• A fundraiser by the Amicale de la police nationale has collected over €32,000 to support the officer’s family