The house caught fire and the suspect was later found dead in his car. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
A source told the Daily Mail that two officers had initially approached the house just after midnight, with the woman ‘screaming for help’ on the roof as they arrived.
As they neared the house, gunfire broke out in ‘circumstances which are yet to be clarified,’ a statement from the interior ministry said.
Arno Mavel (left), Remi Dupuis (centre) and Cyrille Morel (right) were the three gendarmes killed in an early-morning shooting in France today
Mavel was killed in an initial shootout with the gunman before Morel and Dupuis were also shot dead as they approached the house in response.
Une cagnotte a été lancée pour les familles des trois gendarmés tués à Saint-Just dans le Puy-de-Dôme
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Prantsusmaal lasi hullunud mees maha kolm sandarmi ja haavas veel üht, tulistaja leiti ka ise surnuna
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France shooting: Three gendarmes killed in domestic call
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France shooting: Three gendarmes killed in domestic call
Officers were shot and killed after being called out to a domestic violence complaint in a small village in central France. A fourth is in hospital.
23 December 2020
The incident happened in the remote village of Saint-Just in Puy-de-DômeBy Joanna York
Three gendarmes were shot dead as they attended a domestic violence complaint last night (December 22) in the small village of Saint-Just in Puy-de-Dôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).