Police Shoot at Car Tires During Vatican Gate Chase

A car driven by someone with apparent psychiatric problems rushed through a Vatican gate and sped past Swiss Guards into a palace courtyard before the driver was apprehended by police. One of the Gendarmarie inspectors guarding the gate fired at the car's front tires in an attempt to stop it. The driver was arrested after voluntarily exiting the car in the San Damaso courtyard and was subsequently examined by doctors at the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the Vatican City State, who found him to be in "a serious state of psychophysical alteration."