A 16-year-old young man was slightly injured in the arm this Sunday by the shooting of a police officer while he fled in a stolen vehicle on the road leading from Rambouillet to Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole ( Yvelines), we learned from corroborating sources.
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In the afternoon, police officers from Rambouillet spot a badly parked car and approach to check it, the Versailles prosecutor's office told AFP.
At the sight of the patrol, the driver took off "
with a bang
", adopting "
dangerous
"
driving
.
In wanting to force a filtering dam near Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, he failed to hit a police officer who “
felt threatened by this vehicle which was likely to overturn him
” and fired, added the prosecution.
Slightly injured in the right arm, the fugitive was immediately arrested in the stopped vehicle, "
stolen for a few days
", a police source told AFP.
The 16-year-old young man, whose "
condition is not worrying
" according to the prosecution, was transported to a Paris hospital.
The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized in order to shed light on the circumstances of the shooting.