three police officers taken into custody

Three police officers are in police custody after a check in the 18th arrondissement of Paris where two people were injured by bullets, learned franceinfo from the Paris prosecutor’s office. They are currently on the premises of the “police of police”, the IGPN, targeted by an investigation for “violence with a weapon by a person holding public authority”. According to the prosecution, the investigation seeks to verify the conditions of use of their weapons.

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. Four people fled in their vehicle. They ran into a crew of police on mountain bikes. The police used their administrative weapon to stop the car. The driver and a passenger were injured and taken to hospital. The other two people were not injured.

Among the passengers, some are known to the police, learned franceinfo. They said they used alcohol and cannabis. 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.