It is on this part of the quays of Bordeaux that the chase took place.

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Mickaël Bosredon / 20 Minutes

  • Monday evening, two police officers wanted to control the occupants of an Audi, on the docks in Bordeaux.

  • The driver of the vehicle then refused to comply, made a U-turn and left in the opposite direction on the quays in the direction of the stone bridge, followed by the police vehicle.

  • Gripped by the arrival of another police crew, the driver of the sedan charged at the police, who opened fire to immobilize him.

Affected in the thorax, his condition is "stabilized", indicates the Bordeaux prosecutor's office on Wednesday.

The 16-year-old minor, shot and wounded Monday evening after rushing at police officers, on the quays in Bordeaux, was taken into custody Tuesday on charges of attempted murder on people holding public authority, refusal to obey aggravated and driving without a license.

The prosecution also returned to the unfolding of the facts.

Monday evening, "between 11:08 p.m. and 11:15 p.m., on the left bank docks, two police officers traveling in their screen-printed vehicle noted, towards Hangar 14, the presence of a vehicle registered in Poland of the Audi brand. at high speed with several individuals inside, and decided to proceed to its control.

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Ten shots

Stopped at a red light, the driver of this vehicle "refused to obey, turned around and went against the flow on the quays towards the stone bridge", followed by the police vehicle.

The car was then caught in a pincer movement by a police van which stopped to block it.

“This crew, made up of four police officers, immediately got out of the vehicle after being struck” by the German sedan.

“Three of the policemen drew their weapons to stop the driver, and one of them immediately went into contact with him.

Two other police officers passed in front of the vehicle to go to the passenger side.

The sedan backed up immediately and crashed violently into the police car behind it.

A policeman was then injured.

"The driver of the Audi then set off again forward, continues the prosecution, rushing in the direction of a police sergeant who fired seven times from the front and then laterally.

At the same time, two police officers fired once and twice, respectively, on the driver and passenger sides, to protect their colleague.

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He fled in the wrong direction

The Audi then fled in the wrong direction and ended up stopping nearly 2 km further on, Quai Richelieu.

The injured driver was arrested.

Two individuals were running from the vehicle.

One of the passengers was caught up in the center of Bordeaux, arrested and placed in police custody on Monday evening for complicity in attempted homicide against persons holding public authority, complicity in aggravated refusal to comply and complicity in driving without a license.

Unknown to the police, his criminal record bears no trace of any conviction.

The 16-year-old injured by police fire is "known to the police", but "has never been convicted.

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Miscellaneous

Bordeaux: A 16-year-old seriously injured by gunshots after rushing at police officers while trying to flee a control

Miscellaneous

Alès: A man suspected of having fled a control and crashed into a gendarmerie car

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