Paris ( CNN ) -- French prosecutors named the suspect held in connection with a newspaper shooting this week as Abdelhakim Dekhar . Dekhar allegedly shot a photographer at the daily newspaper Liberation in Paris on Monday . On Thursday , French President Francois Hollande thanked police for capturing him . It `` prevented the worst from happening again , '' he said in a statement . Dekhar was arrested Wednesday in Bois Colombes , in the northwestern suburbs of Paris , the prosecutor 's office said . Investigators are trying to determine if the man is connected to the shooting at the newspaper , as well as two other Monday crimes -- a shooting that injured no one in front of the Societe Generale towers in Paris , and a carjacking near the towers in the Paris neighborhood of La Defense , according to CNN affiliate BFMTV . Police said a man shot a 23-year-old assistant photographer twice near the heart in the lobby of Liberation 's offices in Paris . The photographer is being treated at a hospital . The gunman fled after the attack , and authorities released photos showing a 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8 man with a `` European appearance '' and graying hair . He was estimated to be between 35 and 45 years old . Paris police said they had no information about the man 's motive . On Friday , a gunman broke into BFMTV , threatening journalists before fleeing . The description of the man at Liberation is similar to that of the man at BFMTV , and the gun used was of similar caliber , police said . But it has not been established that it was the same man .
The suspect resembles a man who also attacked a French TV station . But it has not been confirmed that he is the same attacker . France 's President thanked police for making the arrest and preventing more violence . Comment: I'm going to go out on a limb here, but this may be an oversimplification of what happened : 1 )