1º"Police officers claim to have shouted to the driver to stop, positioning themselves on the left side of the vehicle," Nanterre Prosecutor Pascal Prache said at a press conference.

"One at the driver's door, the other near the left front fender. In their statements, they both drew their weapons and pointed them at the driver to dissuade him from restarting, asking him to turn off the ignition.

"When the vehicle started up again. The policeman near the vehicle's fender fired once at the driver. The vehicle continued its journey before crashing into a piece of street furniture in Place Nelson Mandela at 8.19 am." Prache added.

The officer “explained his actions by the desire to prevent the vehicle from fleeing again, and by the dangerous road behavior of the driver."

According to Prache, the officer said he was scared the boy would run someone over with the car and was motivated by "fear of being hit by the vehicle when it started up again, or of seeing his colleague further inside the vehicle injured by the car's movement."

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