161:. The suspect, identified as 48-year-old Frédérik Limol, without warning fired shots killing a gendarme and injuring another. After Limol set his house on fire, he then shot and killed two more responding gendarmes. According to the Mayor of Saint-Just, François Chautard, Limol's house was destroyed by the fire. Limol crashed his car into a tree; he was found dead inside the car, having apparently committed suicide.
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The shooter was identified as 48-year-old Frédérik Limol, a former soldier. He was heavily armed at the time of the incident, and attacked the officers with a military-style semi-automatic rifle. Limol escaped from the attack scene and committed suicide while crushing with his car against a tree.
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