Rey-Maupin affair

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Florence Rey ([flɔ.ʁɑ̃s ʁɛj], born August 27, 1975) and her boyfriend Audry Maupin ([o.dʁi mo.pɛ̃], born April 20, 1972) were involved in a shoot-out in central Paris on October 4, 1994, following a high speed car chase. The incident dramatically involved homicide, hostage-taking and violent robbery all in the space of 25 minutes.^[1] The incident caused the deaths of five people; three policemen, a taxi driver, and Maupin.^[2] It was a major case in France and received much attention from the media.