– Thought it was fireworks – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio

This is according to the Special Investigation Unit, which came to Kristiansand to investigate the incident on Saturday. – Kripos has carried out a crime scene investigation and the Special Unit is carrying out interrogations of officials in the police. One official has status as a suspect in the case. Efforts are being made to identify other witnesses to the incident, the Bureau states. Furthermore, it is said that the investigation has so far shown that a person was observed with a weapon and that a situation arose which resulted in the police firing shots. – Weapons have been seized, they write. Still in hospital The person who was shot is still being treated in hospital. He should not be life-threateningly injured, but his state of health means that he cannot be questioned now. – The interrogation will be carried out as soon as possible, according to the Bureau, which will not give any more information about the case during the weekend. A neighbor news spoke to on Saturday says that it slammed several times. The person at first thought it was fireworks, and therefore did not react. “Threatening situation” On Friday evening, the police reported that they had fired shots in connection with a mission in the center of Kristiansand. – It was in connection with a threatening situation in Nybyen in Kristiansand that the police shot a person in the leg, wrote the police in Agder in a press release on Friday evening. The person was taken to Sørlandet Hospital and taken care of by health personnel. Walked with a weapon The operations center received a report on Friday evening that a person was walking with a weapon in the center of Kristiansand. – When the police came into contact with the person, a threatening situation arose which resulted in the police firing shots, the press release states. There were several objects on the ground after the police had cordoned off the area, including a gun. In the photo in front of the police car, you can see several objects, including a gun lying on the ground after a man was shot in the foot by the police on Friday evening. Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder / NTB According to Fædrelandsvennen, a witness must have seen the police car run over the man before they shot him. According to several residents, the neighborhood is supposed to be peaceful, but several say there have been challenges with the buying and selling of drugs around the nearby skate park. A larger area around the skate park in Nydalen in Kristiansand was blocked off on Friday evening. Photo: Thomas Sommerset / news



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