a man “known to the courts”, suspect in the murder of a municipal employee shot dead on Sunday in Grenoble, has been identified and is “actively sought”Grenoble prosecutor Eric Vaillant said on Monday 9 September.
“Four searches” took place on Sunday and Monday. in places where he is likely to live. The man is known to the courts for several crimes.” said the prosecutor, confirming the information of Dolphin releasedAccording to the regional daily, a first search was carried out on Sunday afternoon in Saint-Martin-d’Hères (Isère) by the Research, Assistance, Intervention and Deterrence Unit (RAID), and several others were carried out on Monday in different municipalities in the Grenoble metropolitan area.
Lilian Dejean, a 49-year-old cleaning agent, was on duty early Sunday morning on Boulevard Jean-Pain in central Grenoble when she witnessed a traffic accident and tried to stop the perpetrator from fleeing. Shot twice in the chest, she died shortly afterwards. The suspect’s car, a powerful Audi RS3 with Polish registration plates, was a rental vehicle, Vaillant said.
Minute of silence
The city of Grenoble and her colleagues, shocked, paid tribute to Lilian Dejean on Monday. “It was incredible violence that fell upon our colleague”said the green mayor, Eric Piolle, during a tribute from the steps of the town hall. “We can no longer tolerate these weapons everywhere”he stated, expressing his “sadness” and his ” anger “. The Alpine metropolis has experienced a summer marked by numerous shootouts between drug traffickers. At least seventeen episodes of armed violence have been recorded in the territory since the beginning of the year and the authorities no longer hesitate to talk about it. “gang war”.
“There is a social issue that is being raised, but now is not the time”Eric Piolle added to the press. “Today is the time for solidarity, dignity and homage.” Gathered in the rain, several hundred people, including many elected officials wearing blue, white and red scarves, colleagues and friends, observed a minute of silence in memory of the father of the family.
In the morning, several dozen of Lilian Dejean’s colleagues, exercising their right of withdrawal, had already gathered in the lobby of the town hall where they posted photos and messages for her, such as: “We will miss you” EITHER “Public service is dead with you”The CGT also announced in a press release its “astonishment” in front of the “brutality” of this murder and emphasized that “This drama is part of an increasingly damaging climate for frontline workers who face violence in their daily lives, whether they are civil servants or private sector employees.”.
“The gratuitous and indiscriminate violence, the fear of stray bullets, the settling of scores, all this must end in our country where firearms circulate too freely”added Amandine Demore, mayor of the town of Echirolles (Isère), on the outskirts of Grenoble, where several fatal shootings have occurred in recent months.
