French police opened fire on a car which drove through barriers set up for the final stage of the Tour de France in central Paris on Sunday, but police said it appeared to be a minor incident, reports ABC News.
The driver escaped after refusing to obey police near the Place de la Concorde at around 8:00am local time, Paris police said.
Authorities are still searching for the driver involved in the incident.
The bullet-pocked car was found abandoned nearby, a source close to the investigation said.
"This is a minor incident. It wasn't aimed at the Tour de France, it's not terrorism, it's just a simple refusal to comply as there are many every day," a police official said.
Officials said police shot at the car in an attempt to stop it after it sped away from a nearby checkpoint as officers tried to redirect traffic away from roads closed for the end of the epic race.
No one is believed to have been hit, and police stressed there had been no exchange of fire.
Security in the French capital has been heightened for months following jihadist attacks which claimed 17 lives that began with the massacre at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.