A person whom the police refer to as the perpetrator has been arrested, writes the Police in Sør-Vest at X. They also write that they have control at the scene. A negotiator from the police was in contact with the alleged perpetrator by telephone. While the situation was unclear, the police asked people near Øvre Prestegårds vei to stay indoors and lock doors. In an update at 22.44 the police at X said that they have isolated the house, and there are many indications that the perpetrator is at the address. The police negotiator had continued dialogue with the man by telephone. This is happening because a taxi was shot at when it arrived at the address in Egersund. The police received a report of the shooting at 9:35 p.m. Was met by a man with a two-handed weapon – When this taxi arrived at the address it was going to, it was met by a person who came out of a residence and fired, as we understand it, a shot at this taxi. A window in the taxi was smashed, but no one is said to have been injured, says Fenne-Jensen in the Sør-West police district to news. To VG, Fenne-Jensen says that the man must have used a two-handed weapon. The person must have re-entered the home. The police do not yet know if there are others in the home. If the police have been to the address before, they will not comment yet. No injuries The taxi driver has driven to safety. The customer who was in the car should be on foot, and probably safe, according to the police. There are no reports as of now that anyone has been injured. They write that larger police resources were on their way to an address close to the city centre. The police had no control over the perpetrator, they told news.
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