The Porsche driver did not want to stop: a Munich police officer fired his service weapon several times in the direction of the car of a 53-year-old from the Ebersberg district on Wednesday evening in Munich - and apparently injured him.
Ebersberg
- Shots at a
Porsche driver from the Ebersberg district
: A Munich police officer
fired
his service weapon several times
on Wednesday evening
in the direction of the car of a 53-year-old
from the Ebersberg district
.
The police headquarters in Munich announced.
Around 11.40 p.m., a uniformed patrol from the Munich police wanted to stop the Porsche in Bogenhausen for a traffic control.
According to the police, however, the driver disregarded the stop signs and simply drove on.
The Porsche driver keeps racing on
Only after further attempts by the police officers to stop the sports car stopped on the A 94 in the area of an exit.
When trying to control the car driver
, the 53-year-old drove off again, according to the police with a direct drive towards one of the two police officers
.
As a result, the police officer fired several shots at the vehicle in the direction of the driver with his service weapon.
At the same time, the police officer ran to the side so as not to be run over by the car.
Immediately after firing the shot, the driver initially continued his journey.
The man from the Ebersberg district was found injured behind the wheel
The officers finally found the Porsche parked in a street.
The driver was injured
and conscious in the vehicle and was taken to hospital for treatment.
He is out of danger to life, according to the police headquarters.
The passenger, a 29-year-old resident in Munich, was found nearby shortly afterwards.
She was slightly injured and did not need medical attention.
Investigations started against the driver and the police officer
Police station 13 of the Munich Police Headquarters has started investigations into various crimes committed by the 53-year-old suspect, including suspicion of driving without a license, drunkenness in traffic and dangerous interference in road traffic. The public prosecutor's office has started
investigations into the legality of the use of firearms
, according to the police headquarters.
