A traffic control in Bogenhausen got out of control on Wednesday evening.
A policeman fired his weapon several times.
The investigations are ongoing.
Munich - Actually, a traffic control is a harmless thing: The police give the car in question a sign to stop, the papers and alcohol levels are checked, and off you go.
In Munich, however, such a check turned into a movie-like chase on Wednesday evening.
The night in the hospital ended for a 53-year-old Porsche driver.
As the Munich police * wrote in their press report, it all started on Wednesday evening at 11.40 p.m. in Bogenhausen *.
Here the uniformed patrol wanted to stop said vehicle for regular traffic control.
"However, the driver repeatedly disregarded the stop signs of the driving uniformed patrol car and tried to evade the control," says the report.
The 53-year-old man from Ebersberg tried to escape with his co-driver at high speed.
Police officer fires shots at traffic control: Porsche driver drove his car towards officials
It was only on the autobahn (A94) that the car finally stopped in the area of an exit.
The officers got out of the patrol car to begin the inspection *.
But instead of getting out of the car as well, the Porsche driver accelerated.
In the direct direction of travel, he drove towards one of the two policemen.
The officer then picked up the service weapon.
In order to "ward off this immediate and present danger to his life," as the Munich police * wrote.
Shortly after the shooting, the driver was able to flee again.
Only after a manhunt with several patrol cars was he finally injured and found parking in a street in the adjacent city area.
The ambulance took the 53-year-old to the hospital.
According to the police, his life is out of danger.
His passenger was slightly injured in the incident.
Shots at traffic control in Munich: Investigations are ongoing - the police are looking for witnesses
Call of witnesses by the Munich police
People who can provide relevant information are asked to contact the Munich Police Headquarters, Kommissariat 13, Tel. 089 / 2910-0, or any other police station.
The police have now initiated the investigation: among other things because of "the suspicion of driving without a license, drunkenness in traffic and dangerous interference in road traffic".
The investigation to review the legality of the use of firearms is carried out by the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office under the direction of the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office.
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