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Je suis de tout coeur avec la famille de M. Jean. En ces temps difficiles, les hommes et femmes assurant notre sécurité sont eux aussi au front et vulnérables. Je lance un appel au calme à tous les Québécois. Soyons unis et respectons les consignes.https://t.co/0olrITbhWz — Geneviève Guilbault (@GGuilbaultCAQ) April 6, 2020

Phillipe Jean, a 35-year-old father of five children, was fighting for his life in a hospital.

Sherbrooke police said the man was struck by a car around 5 p.m. after he refused entry to the store to a customer and his wife because of physical distancing regulations that allow only one person per vehicle access to the establishment.

The two people left. However, a dispute later in the parking lot saw the guard struck by a car, dragged for several metres and then thrown from the hood of the vehicle.

The guard suffered serious head injuries in the attack.

The two people in the car fled but were later found by police in a residence in Sherbrooke.

Nacime Kouddar, 25, was formally charged Monday with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, aggravated assault and failure to stop after an accident. Kouddar is scheduled to return to court Tuesday, when a date will be set for the next steps in the case.