The driver suspected of having refused to comply during a check in Paris on Saturday then ran into the police was very briefly placed in police custody on Monday for "attempted homicide on a person holding public authority", according to the Paris prosecutor's office, His police custody at the hospital at the beginning of the afternoon was lifted shortly after, the 38-year-old man not being finally in a state to be heard at this stage, according to the same source.

He was shot and seriously injured in the chest by police fire.

Prolonged police custody for the three police officers who shot at the vehicle

At the same time, the custody started on Sunday in the premises of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) of the three police officers, two men and a woman who allegedly fired on the vehicle, was extended Monday, according to the prosecution.

They are heard for "violence having caused an ITT (total interruption of work) of more than 8 days with a weapon by a person holding public authority" and now also for "violence having caused death without intention to give it by person holding it. of public authority”.

The front passenger, shot in the head, died of her injuries on Sunday.

The police custody measure was taken "because of the seriousness of the consequences of the shootings carried out and in order to verify the conditions of use of their weapons by the persons concerned", according to the prosecution.

This check took place late Saturday morning in the 18th arrondissement, in the north of the capital.

ATV officials first noticed "a car with four passengers, one of whom was not wearing his seat belt," a police source said on Saturday.

As they approach, the car “takes off at very high speed”.

A little further on, as the officers again attempted to control him, the driver drove off and "ran into the ATV police crew", according to the police account.

The officials "then use their weapons" on several occasions and seriously injure "the driver and the passenger" in the front, transported to hospital, according to the police source.

The two rear passengers, a man and a woman, were not injured.

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