During the chase, the police drew their guns and shot 3 rounds at the car. The passenger surnamed Zhong in the right rear seat of the car was shot in the head and sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.

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[Reporter Wang Dingchuan/New Taipei Report] In March last year, a 29-year-old man, Lin Youru, drove a Mercedes without a license and had a forged license plate. He was interrogated by the police when he was driving through Zhonghe District, New Taipei City late at night with his friends, and escaped inspection; Zhongyuan, Zhonghe Police Station When the police officer surnamed Zhang from the police station chased the car to Zhonghe Jingping Road, he found the vehicle stuck in the traffic formation and fired 3 shots in a row. The bullets were shot through the rear windshield. The Department of Public Security today prosecuted Mr. Zhang on the charge of negligent death.

The case happened on March 10 last year. There were 3 men and 1 woman in the car at the time of the incident. In addition to Lin Nan, there were Lin Nan's 21-year-old girlfriend surnamed Hong sitting in the passenger seat, 29-year-old Hong Nan sitting in the left rear and the right rear 27-year-old Zhong Nan; at about 10 o'clock that night, the police found that the car had a forged license plate at the intersection of Zhongzheng Road and Jinhe Road in Zhonghe. The police turned on the loudspeaker and stopped the car. He escaped on Zhonghe Zhongzheng Road, Liancheng Road, Jingping Road and other roads, and Zhang Yuan also chased him along the way by bicycle.

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A number of police officers took police cars or mounted police locomotives to start a roundup. After chasing at the intersection of Zhongzheng Road and Jingping Road, they encountered a red light. The Mercedes was blocked by traffic. Officer Zhang got out of the car and fired three shots at the car. The Mercedes was still at high speed. Fleeing from the scene; the police notified the Kuaishou team, and later found a Mercedes at Lane 286, Yuantong Road. They found that Zhong Nan had been shot in the head. He was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment and died.

After the incident, the Zhonghe Police Department stated that Mr. Zhang shot at the left rear wheel.

The New Taipei City Police Department also stated that in order to prevent the cars that refused to be inspected from continuing to escape, so as not to affect innocent passers-by, the police shot and drank to avoid continued harm. The police used police weapons in accordance with Article 4 of the Regulations on the Use of Police Weapons. However, it still took the initiative to refer the prosecutor to investigate and clarify the responsibility of the case; the police department deeply regrets that the people were injured during the law enforcement process, and will assist the family members to deal with the follow-up and accompany them throughout the process.

However, after the investigation, the prosecutor believed that although Lin Nan refused to accept the stop and interrogation and drove away, he did not collide with or attack the police or passers-by. He is an active criminal who hangs forged license plates. Zhang Yuan rashly fired three shots at the windshield of the car from the rear. As a result of the victim being shot dead, there is obviously an imbalance between the public interest of the arrest and the death of the victim, which violates the principle of proportionality and seriously infringes on the legal interests of the victim's life.