The 20-year-old man who was shot in the head by police during a vehicle pursuit in the city of Argos, in Greece’s Peloponnese region, died early on Sunday, several days after the incident in the early hours of Wednesday. Questions surrounding the deadly confrontation remain unanswered, while the two police officers involved were ordered held in pre-trial detention following lengthy testimony before an investigating magistrate in Nafplio.

The 20-year-old had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit at KAT General Hospital in Athens while on a ventilator. It has been reported that the 20-year-old was unarmed and on the autism spectrum.

The two officers had initially been charged with attempted homicide with possible intent committed in a calm state of mind, as well as violations of Greece’s weapons laws, in connection with the shots that fatally wounded the young driver. However, according to Greek Police spokesperson Konstantina Dimoglidou, speaking to MEGA television, after the victim’s death, the charges against the officers will be amended to include homicide with possible intent.

“(…) Before using their service weapons, they should have anticipated that they could seriously injure or take the life — as unfortunately happened — of a person,” she continued.

“It is extremely important to clarify the matter once the ballistic examination is completed, as we need to know which weapon was used and which shots were fired from each weapon. This is also very important for both defendants moving forward. Who was ultimately responsible for injuring this person, how the weapons were used, and whether their use was justified — because, I repeat, the charge concerns possible intent, which means that, according to the justice system, they should have anticipated that they could have injured a citizen in this way, in this particular case the 20-year-old.”

Brain Scan Reveals Fatal Headshot

Meanwhile, Greek broadcaster Star aired MRI images of the victim’s brain showing what it described as the fatal bullet, which, according to the report, was fired from the weapon of an officer serving with OPKE, the Hellenic Police’s Special Preventive and Repressive Crime Unit, and became lodged in the 20-year-old’s skull.

“Based on what we see in the scan, it does not appear to be a ricochet because the bullet is intact. It does not appear to be a fragment of a bullet. It reasonably and directly suggests that it was a direct shot,” the victim’s mother’s attorney, Maria Sfetsou, told the broadcaster.

According to the same report, a second piece of evidence was also presented: the medical report from Thriasio Hospital, where the 20-year-old was initially taken after the shooting in Argos. The document confirms the presence of a foreign object described as “consistent with a projectile in the right frontal region.”

During the forensic examination of the scene, authorities recovered 13 shell casings. Police say the 20-year-old was carrying an air pistol, which was seized and has been sent to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for examination. The pending ballistic analysis is expected to determine whether the officers’ shots were warning shots or direct fire.