Surveillance video shows a Louisiana State Police officer shooting his gun at a motorist who was driving the wrong way on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. Fox 8 television said it obtained the recording from Felix’s restaurant.
In the video, two troopers are seen trying to stop a Kia Forte on Thursday evening (May 30) in the 200 block of Bourbon. State Police said the troopers had been helping deploy traffic bollards for the nightly closure of the street.
As the car moves up Bourbon, which is a one-way downriver street, the troopers run to it. The car continues, with one trooper putting his hand on the vehicle, backpedaling and drawing his gun. State Police said the troopers were ordering the driver to stop.
State trooper shoots man driving the wrong way on Bourbon Street
Just before the car hits a set of bollards, the trooper aims his gun at the driver’s side window, which then shatters as if struck by a bullet. Pedestrians scattered.
Wounded in the midsection, the driver was taken to a hospital in stable condition. Police have not publicly identified him.
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