Politistasjonssjef in Kristiansand Ole Hortemo says to VG that the two involved police officers will not be suspended.
– As an employer, we perceive that they have performed a lawful tjenestehandling, says Hortemo adding that the investigation now going on two tracks.
– Police are investigating an attempted murder against the police, while Spesialenheten looks at whether the police have done something punishable. We perceive that they have performed a lawful tjenestehandling, also we’ll wait and see what Spesialenheten to come up, ” says Hortemo.
Police responded
Police chose to arm themselves for tips from the public about the man on the night of Sunday. According to chief of staff Brian Austad in the Agder police district 35-åringens dealing with weapons of “such a nature that they had to check what it was”. Before the police had stopped the 35-year-old, he had shot at them.
– In a period of 17-18 minutes, there were several contacts between the politipatruljene and the suspects. At one of these occasions he shot at police, said Austad during a news conference Sunday.
– the Situation ends on Gartnerløkka, centrally located in Kristiansand. Police experience this as a self and shoots the suspect, he said.
Spesialenheten detective
Spesialenheten for police matters are in place in Kristiansand, where they lead the investigation of the incident.
– Our task is to ascertain the background for the mission and what actually happened, how many shots were fired and who fired, says Life on the Island, as the leader etterforskningsavdelingen in East-Norway, to the NTB.
– The two are not suspended, but they are taken out of service they have had and get relief in the service, ” says Hortemo to TV 2.
In connection with the interrogations, they have the status of a suspect.
– Those which have exercised the tjenestehandlingen which has resulted in death, it is natural that has the status of a suspect. If anyone else has had an active role in the event, it is natural that they will have a suspect status. The other will have the status of witnesses, and so it is in all cases, says the Island to the VG.
To Fædrelandsvennen she says that they started with questioning on Monday. They will also get assistance from Kripos.
Witness the incident
35-year-old who was killed by the police is ethnic Norwegian. He originally comes from Vennesla and leaves behind four children. The man is described as an avid hunter and våpeninteressert. He is a former convicted, but the ratio is around ten years back in time.
Police will not comment on how many shots were fired.
Knut Johnsen was on the way home after a trip to the city when he heard the shots at a Shell station close by.
– I stood and talked with the guard when we suddenly heard three or four bangs. At first I was very confused, and I did not really understand what it was. As pointed out the night shift in a police car with blålysene on, right outside. Then there came more shots, and we realized that it was a skuddløsning, he says to VG.
He thinks it was loose between eight and fifteen shots while he stood inside the station. Photos from the scene show police who picks up the empty sockets.
35-year-old is the fourth to have been shot and killed in Norway by the police since 2002. (©NTB)
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