Two people were shot and injured by police this Saturday morning in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, during a check for failure to wear a seat belt. The passenger died on Sunday.
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The passenger in the vehicle who was shot and injured on Saturday morning during a police check in the 18th arrondissement of Paris is dead, franceinfo learned on Sunday June 5 from the Paris prosecutor’s office. The driver of the car, hit in the chest, is still hospitalized in critical condition.
The woman was hit in the head by police fire in the 18th arrondissement, while she was in a car suspected of having run into a crew of officials on mountain bikes, refusing a check for not wearing a seat belts. The security forces used their administrative weapon to stop the vehicle, thus injuring two people.
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The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened two investigations. One for attempted homicide on a person in charge of public authority and another for violence with a weapon by persons in charge of public order. The police force, the IGPN, was seized and placed the three police officers responsible for the shootings in custody.
Two other people were in the intercepted car, they were not injured. Among the passengers, some are known to the police, learned franceinfo. They said they used alcohol and cannabis.