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At 7:48 p.m., the police received an alarm that a man with a gun-like object had been seen in a residential area in eastern Enköping, something that Aftonbladet Be the first to tell.
– We sent several patrols there and we managed to locate him in the residential area. In connection with the police intervention, he points the gun-like object at the police, says police spokesman Tobias Ahlén, continuing:
– A policeman fires warning shots, followed by active fire and hits the man on the leg. He has been taken to hospital, but the injury situation is unclear.
Suspect of a felony firearms offense
The man is suspected of aggravated illegal threats and aggravated weapons crime.
Is the man already known to the police?
– It is too early to answer that question.
Police are still at the scene and are investigating the incident.
– Now we will blockade the area and carry out a technical investigation, says Tobias Ahlén.
“The police yelled at passersby”
A witness at the scene tells the SVT reporter at the scene about the incident:
– Police cars blocked on the street. Then we saw how the policemen put on bulletproof vests and armed themselves with reinforcement weapons. The police yelled at passersby to disappear, then I heard something that I think was a warning shot and then the police started running, an anonymous witness at the scene tells SVT, adding:
– Then I did not see what happened but I perceived the sound of two more shots. An ambulance has been at the scene and has picked up a person.
Special Investigation on Fired Service Weapons
Police announce that as soon as a police officer has fired his service weapon, a report will be forwarded, as is routine, to Special Investigations, SU. The investigation will be in charge of prosecutors from the Special Prosecutor’s Office.
