JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 9 — Police have confirmed that the shooting incident at Jalan Gertak Merah near Johor Zoo here yesterday involved an officer who fired at a car being driven dangerously by a man with 16 previous criminal records.

Johor police chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said the 28-year-old suspect, who was driving a Honda City with a 29-year-old female companion, was chased by police for one kilometre before the shooting occurred at the scene. Various types of drugs were also found.

Police fired two shots after the car rammed several civilian vehicles, with one of the shots striking the male suspect in the head.

“The suspects (the man and his companion) were still inside the car when the two shots were fired and did not act aggressively,” he told a press conference at the Johor contingent police headquarters here today.