Overview
- Police were called by the suspect’s wife after he made delusional remarks and left the house armed with a rifle, and the man fired three times at officers during the June 20 intervention.
- Two gendarmes were struck in the legs and taken to hospital; their lives are not in danger according to the Chartres prosecutor.
- Responding officers returned fire, the suspect retreated to his basement, the GIGN was deployed to negotiate, and he surrendered without resistance late that night.
- The 82-year-old was transported to Le Mans for surgery on a bleeding hand wound that contained a metal projectile and was then placed in custody for attempted voluntary homicide of public officers; he has not yet been interviewed and is due for a psychiatric exam.
- Prosecutors have opened several probes — including inquiries by the Nogent-le-Rotrou brigade and the Orléans research section — and seized weapons and evidence as investigators review the shooting, the response and the suspect’s mental state.