Overview
- A colleague discovered the officer in his car during the night from Thursday to Friday on the Montpellier commissariat parking area.
- Authorities confirmed he used his service weapon, and the Montpellier prosecutor opened an inquiry to determine the precise causes of death.
- The victim, identified by the Alliance police union as Édouard, was a brigadier‑chef, married, father of three, and the union’s deputy departmental secretary in Hérault.
- Police technicians conducted on‑site examinations overnight, the body was removed by a medical examiner, and witness interviews are underway.
- Officials and the union expressed grief as the case draws attention to a wider pattern of suicides in French security forces, with 27 police and 26 gendarmes reported in 2024 and two recent DGSI cases.