three police officers taken into custody

A woman was fatally shot by police fire on Saturday, June 4, in front of several witnesses. The shooting occurred in the north of Paris. Police officers on bicycles noticed a car with four people inside, one of whom was unbelted. The vehicle is said to have fled in the direction of Boulevard Barbès, as the police approached. Officials caught up to him a few meters further, near an intersection.

“He hit us straight. (…) We were all in a panic. We all shouted, I shouted: ‘Drop down, drop down’. Afterwards, we only heard the gunshots and the windows shattering”confides, Monday, June 6, one of the passengers. The police claim that the driver restarted and drove into the crew. The driver’s license was suspended. The man, known for 82 cases, was wanted for an unexecuted sentence. He is being investigated for attempted murder of law enforcement. The police are in custody with the IGPN, due to the consequences of their shooting.