DEVELOPING: One police officer was killed and another was wounded when a gunman opened fire late Thursday on the famed Champs-Élysées shopping district in Paris, officials said. An eyewitness told Reuters a man got out of a car and began shooting "with a kalashnikov." Police said the officer who was killed was in a car which had been stopped at a red light by the attacker, Sky News reported. Coming back from a run, Champs Elysées is a mess.. #paris pic.twitter.com/CTwRuqDCAQ — Ralph (@vanderpauw) April 20, 2017Authorities warned people in the heart of the French capital to avoid the area after the shooting, France 24 reported. Security is high preceding the vote after police said they arrested two men Tuesday in what they described as a thwarted terror attack.

Source: Fox News April 20, 2017 19:36 UTC