Summary Sporadic clashes break out between youths and policeYouth shot dead after failing to stop car for policePolice officer in question being investigatedShooting took place in Paris suburb of NanterrePARIS, June 27 (Reuters) - A French police officer is being investigated for homicide after shooting dead a 17-year-old on Tuesday morning in the Paris suburb of Nanterre after the youth failed to comply with an order to stop his car, the local prosecutor's office said. The officer fired at the boy, who subsequently died from his wounds, said the Nanterre prosecutor's office. Three people were killed by police shooting after refusing to comply with a traffic stop in 2021 and two in 2020. A Reuters tally of fatal shootings in 2021 and 2022 shows the majority of victims were Black or of Arabic origin. The driver was "known to the judicial services for having refused to comply with a traffic stop" on a previous occasion, it said.

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Persons: Mercedes, Mornia Labssi, Laurent Nunez, BFM, Gerald Darmanin, Layli Foroudi, Juliette Jabkhiro, Dominique Vidalon, Sudip Kar, Conor Humphries, Alistair Bell, Sandra Maler Organizations: Police, Reuters, Mercedes AMG, National Police, Thomson Locations: Paris suburb, Nanterre PARIS, Paris, Nanterre, France