Police officer shoots partner, his two little children and then himself
Pastor Dale Morgan
Police officer shoots partner, his two little children and then himself*
07/13/2007 17:47 Source: AP ©
A police officer killed his two children and a superior Friday before
turning his gun on himself at his suburban Paris station, an official said.
The killings occurred about 12:15 p.m. (1015 GMT) at the gendarmerie
station at Malakoff, south of the French capital. Gendarmes carry out
policing functions, but under the Defense Ministry. No motive was given.
The officer, whose identity was not made public, fatally shot a superior
and then killed his two children, around 10 years of age, before killing
himself, Commander Pierre Bouquin said. He said the officer used his
personal weapon in the killings.
Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, who served as defense minister
in the previous government, rushed to the police station.