The police officer was detained on suspicion of manslaughter, according to the prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
The victim was wounded by a gunshot and died at the scene, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
Deadly use of firearms is less common in France than in the United States, and Tuesday’s death drew national attention.Police officers try to control people on a street in Nanterre, France following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old on June 27, 2023.In a statement, the lawyers rejected a reported statement by the police that officers’ lives were in danger because the driver had threatened to run them over.
Some groups set alight barricades and garbage bins, smashed up a bus stop and threw firecrackers toward police, who responded with tear gas and dispersion grenades, according to videos broadcast on local media.
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