A 31-year-old police officer opened fire with his service weapon and killed three people, while injuring three others, before committing suicide on Saturday night in Sarcelles, a district of Paris, said a source close to the police of the French capital, confirming information from Le Parisien newspaper. .
According to the first elements of the investigation, the policeman, who was serving in Paris, shot and killed three people on Saturday around 20:45, among them his father-in-law, while he injured three others, more specifically his mother-in-law, his partner and her sister, before turning the gun on himself, the source said, referring to a "family tragedy".