Bio

Arnaud M. was a French police officer. He was 31 years old in September 2017, which indicates a birth year around 1986.

French news reports and public records often showed him only by the initial "M." His full family name was not widely published, following common privacy practices in French reporting.

I found no reliable public information about his childhood, schooling, or family life before he became a police officer. Official documents and media accounts do not provide verified early-life details.

Because available sources concentrate on what happened in 2017, there is very little confirmed material about his life before his career in the police.

Murder Story

On the evening of 19 September 2017, a policeman killed three people and wounded three others during a killing spree in Paris, France. At about 20:45 in the commune of Sarcelles, 31-year-old policeman Arnaud M. and his girlfriend were having a discussion in their car. The woman had the intention of breaking up the relationship. The officer pointed the gun at his girlfriend and opened fire, critically wounding her in the face. Two local men, aged 30 and 44, were nearby and heard the gunshot. They intervened. The gunman got out of the car and shot and killed the two men.

He then went to the girlfriend's house, where he encountered her parents and sister. Arnaud M. opened fire again and killed the woman's father and wounded the mother and the sister. He then killed the family's pet dog and committed suicide, ending the killing spree.