Police control escalates at gas station: Skoda dragged the officer along - then even shots are fired

Hit two policemen, one dragged along several meters and injured.

Shots are fired - these are the first details of a vehicle inspection on the A3 near Solingen (North Rhine-Westphalia).

• Large-scale operation on the A3

  :

  Police officers were injured

  during a vehicle inspection on the A3 near

  Solingen

  (North Rhine-Westphalia).

• A driver fled with his Skoda.

  Warning shots couldn't stop him.

• The police released the first details about the incident on Tuesday evening.

Solingen - At the

rest area Ohligser Heide

on the

A3

, two civil patrol officers noticed a

Skoda

at a gas

pump on Tuesday evening (January 26)

.

When the police

checked

the

license plates

, they were found to be

stolen

.

Solingen: When checking at the rest area - police officers approached

"The officials spoke to the driver of the car, which then his

vehicle with the doors open

back continued

to elude control," said the police in a press release.

Both police officers were

knocked off the doors

.

One of the two was dragged along for several meters and injured.

The Skoda driver fled.

Langenfeld / Solingen: Large-scale operation on the A3 - police fire shots

Then shots rang out!

The police aimed at the tires and fired.

“To stop the vehicle and prevent it from continuing to drive and preventing other road users from endangering other road users, the police officers made use of the firearm.” Nevertheless, the driver set off with the Skoda on the BAB 3 in the direction of Cologne.

Chase after police control - civil police stop Skoda

The chase ended at the Solingen junction - after a

collision with a civilian vehicle from the motorway police.

The 16-year-old driver then escaped on foot over the motorway into a forest area.

The 15-year-old co-driver of the Skoda driver was arrested on site.

"During the search of the allegedly stolen vehicle, the officers found other license plates reported as stolen, as well as narcotics," the police report continued.

The 16-year-old from Düsseldorf was temporarily arrested that night.

The accused and his 15-year-old passenger were unharmed, the police emphasized.

The investigation continued.

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