Murder of the biker in Tarbes: four people arrested including the main author in the Paris region

Five people, including the main suspect, were arrested on Tuesday morning as part of the investigation into the murder of Joseph Pontroué, a 52-year-old Bigourdan biker, who succumbed to stab wounds during a fight on the sidelines of the American saloon, on September 18.

At the end of a meticulous investigation, investigators from the Toulouse judicial police and the Tarbes police station under the authority of the specialized interregional jurisdiction (JIRS) of Bordeaux, identified and then “targeted” bikers in the South-West, in the Landes department, in Toulouse, and in the Paris region.

The police officers notably viewed all the video images taken by the surveillance cameras from the Parc des Expos and by visitors with their phones. They were able to identify the bikers involved in the very violent attack, including the main suspect who allegedly carried the stab wounds. It was then necessary to locate them before being able to question them. The main perpetrator was located in the Paris region.

They belong to the Hells Angels movement, these biker gangs suspected of being involved in numerous criminal cases and

Skirmishes that would have turned into confrontation?

The bikers have been taken into custody and police are carrying out searches. These police custody can last up to 96 hours given the size of the organized gang. The investigators will question them about their presence at the Tarbes Expos park on September 18, where the first post-health crisis exhibition dedicated to American culture was held.

They will have to determine their degree of participation in the violent assault which cost Joseph Pontroué his life and left five wounded, two of whom were serious, and to try to understand the causes and the motive.

There could have been different skirmishes between the two groups during the day.

A very violent fight broke out shortly before 3:30 pm About ten attackers described as bikers who could be Hells Angels attacked a group of bikers bigourdans present in the grounds of the Parc des Expos.

According to someone close to Joseph Pontroué, the group of friends barely had time to park their motorcycles when they were violently attacked: “There were seven in total. They did not have time to get off the motorbike when they fell on them. While they were being beaten, an individual was stabbing them, with a 30 cm blade. Joseph sacrificed himself for everyone. He was a very generous person. I think he was not particularly targeted but as he tried to defend his comrades, he took even more of stab wounds “says Joeph’s friend again. s skirmishes that would have degenerated? The suddenness and violence of the attack raise questions. It could also make one think of “a sort of initiation rite” in use among the Hells Angels. Candidates for integration into “a chapter” (the gang) may thus be asked to commit tort or even criminal acts.

The victim receives five stab wounds

“We saw people ran away and a man in his 50s fell to the ground. He had been stabbed. A young woman gave him a squeeze, but there was blood everywhere. He must have been hit in the liver. or to the spleen “reports a visitor who witnessed the fight.

According to the results of the autopsy, he would have received five stab wounds, two of which were in the same injury.

“The victim still had his eyes open, another person took over for the compression point, then the firefighters arrived very quickly. did a cardiac massage, but he died shortly after, “she says again.

The attackers quickly fled. According to Joseph Pontroué’s friend, “the attackers had prepared the cars which were parked outside, in order to be able to escape as quickly as possible.”

De Likewise, the arrangement of the vehicles at the exit may suggest a certain preparation. which could have led to this outburst of violence which cost the life of Joseph Pontroué.