--- description: Xavier Jugelé, the police officer shot and killed in Thursday's terror attack near the Champs Élysées in Paris, fought for LGBT rights title: Paris Attack: Slain Officer Xavier Jugelé Was LGBT Activist image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7be8facc5a63befa/6988c3fa2dce01d1ba9ed278/xavier-jugele.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # French Police Officer Killed in Champs Élysées Attack Fought for LGBT Rights by [Catherine Trautwein](/author/catherine-trautwein/) ## Catherine Trautwein Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2017 7:55 PM CUT  This undated image provided on April 21, 2017, by FLAG, an association of LGBT police officers, shows French police officer Xavier Jugele. This undated image provided on April 21, 2017, by FLAG, an association of LGBT police officers, shows French police officer Xavier Jugele.AP by [Catherine Trautwein](/author/catherine-trautwein/) ## Catherine Trautwein Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2017 7:55 PM CUT The police officer shot and killed in Thursday’s terror attack near the [Champs Élysées](http://time.com/4749372/paris-champs-elysees-shooting-police-officers-killed/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") in Paris was an LGBT activist. A French group for LGBT law enforcement officials, [Flag](http://flag-asso.fr/ "undefined"), said in a Facebook [post](https://www.facebook.com/flagasso/posts/1373206062758667 "undefined") that Xavier Jugelé was a member of the association and praised him for his dedication as an activist. “He was a simple man who loved his job, and he was really committed to the L.G.B.T. cause,” the group’s president, Mickaël Bucheron, told the [New York _Times_.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/world/europe/xavier-jugele-police-attack-champs-elysees.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") “He protested with us when there was the homosexual propaganda ban at the Sochi Olympic Games.” Jugelé was killed when an unidentified shooter ambushed law enforcement officials on one of Paris’ busiest streets, the Champs Élysées. Three other people were injured, and the [suspected gunman](http://time.com/4749372/paris-champs-elysees-shooting-police-officers-killed/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") was shot dead by police. [ISIS](http://time.com/4750009/france-presidential-election-paris-attack/ "undefined") later claimed responsibility for the attack. Thursday’s ambush was not Jugelé’s first experience with terrorism in Paris, as the officer had previously responded to the terror attack at the Bataclan theater in 2015, according to the _Times_. > [](https://twitter.com/flagasso/status/855384363562913792) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4750906/xavier-jugele-lgbt-rights-activist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4750906/xavier-jugele-lgbt-rights-activist/"},"headline":"French Police Officer Killed in Champs Élysées Attack Fought for LGBT Rights","datePublished":"2017-04-21T19:55:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:33:02.211Z","description":"\"He was really committed to the LGBT cause\"","url":"https://time.com/4750906/xavier-jugele-lgbt-rights-activist/","keywords":["France","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7be8facc5a63befa/6988c3fa2dce01d1ba9ed278/xavier-jugele.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Catherine Trautwein","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/catherine-trautwein/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7be8facc5a63befa/6988c3fa2dce01d1ba9ed278/xavier-jugele.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"France Paris Police Shot","caption":"France Paris Police Shot","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4750906/xavier-jugele-lgbt-rights-activist/","name":"French Police Officer Killed in Champs Élysées Attack Fought for LGBT Rights"}}]}] ```