Olympics-Grieving family hurt by police officer's role in Olympic ceremony

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Boats carrying members of delegations sail along the Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Hu Huhu/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - A French police officer who fatally shot a teenager of Tunisian heritage during a traffic stop in 2021 was among BMX riders who took part in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, to the distress of the deceased teenager's family.

Romain Devassine, 26, shot 19-year-old Soheil El Khalfaoui as he tried to drive off during a traffic stop in Marseille on August 4, 2021.