the Police started a chase after having been notified that the man was armed. 35-year-old was shortly after hit in a firefight, and died some time later.
Around the hours of 07: 00 on Sunday, police were notified that the man they had shot in Kristiansand, norway earlier the same morning was dead.
He was conscious when he arrived at the hospital, ” says operasjonsleder in Agder police district Per Kristian Klausen to VG.
The suspected man was 35 years old. His next of kin is notified. At the press conference said the police that they have a certain familiarity to the man from a few years back. He is described as an ethnic Norwegian and from the site. The police are confident that it is the killing that is the culprit.
Fædrelandsvennen describes the killing as a family father from Vennesla.
– We have implemented a crisis team so we tend to do when the deceased has relatives in the municipality, ” says Svein Skisland, Venneslas the chief councilor to the VG.
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Knew he had weapons
Police say at the press conference that they received a message from what they call a publikumer the clock 04.43 Sunday morning. It went out on that 35-year-old was armed.
– This tip legitimizes that we arms us and gives us a signalement. There is then a short sequence of events prior to the suspect being shot, ” says the chief of staff and head of Joint operational unit, Brian Austad, to VG.
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Only a just over quarter of an hour after the first tip stop the perpetrator just north of central Kristiansand. Then, it has been going on a chase through the city.
– In the course of the period encounters we suspect’s car several times, and at least one of these times when he shoots at us before he runs off. The situation was so sharp that the patrol shoot him when he is encountered again in the north of the city centre, ” says Austad.
police officers are described as seasoned, and say they acted in self defence.
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bullet holes: It’s a bullet holes in the windshield on the suspected perpetrator’s car. Also bakruten is smashed.
Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder, NTB scanpix
So the police shoot
the Shooting happened right next to a gas station. VG has talked with the guard who stood behind the cashier when he heard loud bang.
– When I looked out of the window I saw that the police shot at one time or another 30-40 metres away, he says to VG.
He ran into the office to hide.
I was completely shocked and it is scary, ” says the man, who adds that the police came into the gas station shortly thereafter, but that they would not explain what had happened.
A neighbor to the petrol station says to VG that he believes he heard several shots being released in two phases.
– After that I heard someone yell “police, police”, and then I realized that this was serious, ” he says.
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THIS STOPPED the CHASE: the Car of the suspected perpetrator stopped on the right side of the road, up to fence.
Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder, NTB scanpix
the Policeman protected
the Police will not yet say more than that they loose several shots. They will also not say whether there was more that shot towards the suspect.
the Policeman who fired the shots that struck the suspect is handled by its manager.
the Investigation forward takes place in two tracks. It is local police that are investigating what they describe as an attempted murder on the police. Spesialenheten for police matters investigating police lethal guns blazing, and have people on the way to Kristiansand.
We were notified of this shortly after the incident. It is now being made krimtekniske investigations at the request of the Spesialenheten. The next couple of days, there is a good deal of questioning to be carried out, says Life on the Island as the leader etterforskningsavdelingen in the East of Norway to the VG.
It is unusual that the police shoot and kill someone in Norway. The last time it happened was in september of last year, when a man outside the Hamar shot and injured a policeman, and was himself killed by police.
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