
The State Police has reacted after the incident that occurred this afternoon on the Lezhë-Shkodër axis, where a young man disobeyed the order to stop and was stopped after the intervention of officers.
The official announcement states that 26-year-old JD, a resident of Lezha, was driving a vehicle with a suspended driving license and was caught performing dangerous maneuvers on the road.
When he was asked to stop and be escorted to the police station, he attempted to quickly leave, endangering the life of the police officer.
Police announcement:
" The driver of the vehicle, citizen JD, 26 years old, resident of Lezha, after verifications, it turned out that he was driving the vehicle with a driving license revoked for a previous violation.
At the moment of verification of the violation and communication of the police officer to accompany the latter for other actions at the Lezha Local Police Directorate, the driver of the vehicle refused to obey the lawful orders of the police officer and, with his actions to leave, posed a clearly visible risk to the life of the police officer, who, in conditions of direct, real and immediate danger and in order to prevent a more serious consequence, used his service weapon by shooting at the tire of the vehicle driven by citizen JD, making it possible to stop him, where during the search a cold weapon without a permit from the competent authorities was also found.
The incident was managed without consequences for the life or health of citizens and police officers.
The driver of the vehicle, citizen JD, and the passenger who was with him, citizen ES, 20 years old, both residents of Lezha, were escorted to the premises of the Lezha Police Commissariat, where the necessary investigative actions are being carried out against the driver for the criminal offenses of "Irregular driving", "Opposing a public order police officer", as well as "Unlicensed production, possession, purchase or sale of cold weapons", provided for by articles 291, 236 and 279 of the Criminal Code.
A special investigative group from the responsible structures of the State Police and the Police Supervision Agency, led by the Prosecutor's Office at the Lezha Court of General Jurisdiction, is carrying out all investigative actions to clarify the circumstances of the incident, as well as the conditions of the use of a firearm by the Police officer to neutralize the driver of the vehicle.