It was just before 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning that the police received an alarm that a person had entered several shops in central Hudiksvall and forced goods with the help of a knife.
When a patrol arrived at the scene, a person was found and a situation arose where a police officer opened fire, the police write on their website. The person was shot and taken by ambulance to hospital.
The police can not go into more detail on what triggered the situation.
– What causes the police to use their service weapon, it is up to special investigators to investigate, says Tobias Ahlén-Svalbro, spokesperson for the police region Mitt.
According to routine, the incident will be investigated by prosecutors in special investigations, SU.
The police are still on site at lunchtime to investigate further, but the incident is no longer ongoing.
According to witnesses at the scene, the police allegedly shot the person in the leg after being threatened with a knife, he writes SVT News Gävleborg.
There is currently no update on the injury status of the shot person.
– We have no criminal classification for what has happened yet, says Tobias Ahlén-Svalbro.