Paris police wound thief who stole $135,000 in gold coins in rare chase in Metro

PARIS – Police in the French capital say they shot and wounded a thief with about 100,000 euros ($135,000) in gold coins in a rare chase in the Paris Metro.

The thief had stolen an estimated in gold coins Saturday afternoon from a shop after hitting the seller on the head with a crowbar.

The thief ducked into the entrance of the nearby Grands Boulevards Metro station after taking two shelves of gold coins from the specialty shop. He fired at a team of police who pursued him, and officers fired back, wounding an arm, police said.