Heavy police presence at Champs-Élysées in Paris after alleged shooting

Givaga/iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — A French police union says via Twitter that one policeman was killed and another policeman was gravely wounded Thursday evening in an incident near the Champs-Élysées.

Paris police posted a tweet telling people to avoid the area around the Champs-Élysées without revealing any further details.

A subsequent tweet stated that there was “police intervention underway” in the area, but gave no further details about the nature of the situation.

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The U.S. State Department warned their Twitter followers to avoid the area “after a shooting.

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The Champs-Élysées is a long boulevard that has theaters, shops and restaurants and ends with the Arc de Triomphe, a major tourist destination.

The incident comes days ahead of the French election, which is to take place Sunday.

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