In Paris, police opened fire on a car overnight from Sunday to Monday, killing two of the occupants, after a refusal to comply. The IGPN has been seized. What we know.
Shots rang out in the middle of Paris in the middle of the night of Sunday April 24, 2022. Police officers opened fire on a vehicle for a “refusal to comply” at the Pont Neuf, at the western end. of the Ile de la Cité. In the middle of the night, the police spotted a car driving in the wrong direction. While they had ordered the driver to stop in order to check him, the latter did not slow down his vehicle and even tried to rush towards the officers.
Instantly in Paris on the #New Bridgethe police opened fire on a vehicle with its passengers after a refusal to comply .
Provisional assessment: there would be 2 dead, the driver and his front passenger, as well as an injured person who was sitting in the back. pic.twitter.com/ghv4GOEDQw
— Remy Buisine (@RemyBuisine) April 24, 2022
The latter then used their service weapon, firing several bullets, around midnight. The explosions heard in the capital are therefore these. By opening fire against the car, the police killed two people, the driver and one of his passengers seated in the front. In addition, a third person who, for his part, was in the back of the vehicle, was injured. Supported, she was taken by the emergency services to the hospital. Quickly, a security perimeter was established around the scene of the tragedy. An investigation has been opened while the IGPN has already been seized.