The man’s injuries are not life-threatening, police lawyer Anne Mette Dale at the Sørvest police district told news. She said that at 9pm the police were called to the department store in Hillevåg, in connection with the fact that a man had caused damage outside a shop. When the police arrived, “a threatening situation arose”, and shots were fired from the police. Dale states that the intimidator is accused of threatening the police with a knife, but she does not want to give more details about how this happened. Hit by a shot She confirms that the man was hit by a shot, but will not say where on his body he was injured. Nor does she want to say how many shots were fired in total. The 30-year-old has been taken to hospital, and has the status of a suspect. The prosecution is under Section 155 of the Penal Code, for threats against the police. The special unit for police cases is routinely notified, and will investigate the matter, says Dale. Photo: Heidi Karin Gilje Skog Spesieleininga investigates the case The Spesieleininga has decided to start an investigation into the case. The aim of the investigation is to look at what happened and the situation when shots were fired, the police wrote in a press release on Friday morning. – The special unit has been notified and has launched an investigation. Therefore, the Sør-West police district cannot comment on the incident, says on-call lawyer Stian Eskeland. According to Stavanger Aftenblad, the police should have first tried to stop the man, who is supposed to be an acquaintance of the police, with an electric weapon. The Special Unit for Police Affairs writes in a press release that an inspection has been carried out at the site. They have secured a service weapon for possible technical examination at Kripos. The police officers will be questioned as quickly as possible, and it will be clarified whether the person who was shot will explain himself in the case. Hearing at the hospital Odd Rune Torstrup has been appointed as the man’s legal representative. According to Torstrup, the man will be interviewed at the hospital together with the special unit at 4pm this afternoon. – There is a special detective on his way down from Bergen now. We are going to take a question at Stavanger University Hospital. Torstrup himself has had a short conversation with the man. – It is self-explanatory that it is not okay to be shot. What is important now is to see if the police have possibly gone beyond what is legal. More information from the special unit is expected at 15:00. Odd Rune Torstrup is registered as the man’s legal counsel in the case. Photo: Mathias Oppedal / news
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