The besieger of Juupajoki tried to kill a woman – Died by a police bullet – 2024-04-16 17:55:55

The police announced the operation after noon on Tuesday. Tomi Natri / All Over Press

The police stopped a man suspected of a serious crime who went on the run in Juupajoki on Tuesday morning. The man shot at the police and the police shot back.

The man died after being shot by the police.

The police had been called to a private apartment in Pirkanmaa on Tuesday morning at 10:30. Crime Commissioner Jari Räty said in the afternoon that a man was suspected of violence against a woman in the apartment. The man also used a firearm in the apartment. The victim in his thirties was seriously injured.

After the shooting incident, the man ran away from the police in a car towards Ruovede. Heavily armed police were waiting for him there.

The man was stopped with the help of a spiked carpet on road 66, near Juupajoki Niemelänperä. After the stop, the man shot at the police.

– The police gave the suspect first aid, but he died at the scene. No police officers were injured in the situation, the Central Criminal Police informs on Tuesday evening.

The motive is not clear

The investigation of the case continues despite the death of the suspect. Internal Finland police are not suspected of a crime in the case. The special prosecutor conducts a preliminary investigation in the case, on the basis of which it is decided whether there is reason to suspect a crime in the police’s actions.

KRP is currently investigating the case as, among other things, attempted murder, attempted murder, endangering traffic safety and firearms crime.

– At the moment, the police do not yet have information about the reasons that led to the events, for example, says KRP’s director of investigations, the crime commissioner Jussi Luoto in the bulletin.

– Even though the suspect is dead, the police will investigate the events, motives and backgrounds of the act as thoroughly as possible. In addition, the police are investigating, among other things, whether bystanders were threatened during the escape trip.

The prosecutor will find out

The use of weapons by the police always begins with a preliminary investigation at the Office of the Attorney General.

This also happens in the case of Juupajoki.

Special Prosecutor Jonna Ryynänen informs in the afternoon that a preliminary investigation will be conducted in the case in accordance with the Preliminary Investigation Act.

– Since the subject of the preliminary investigation is the police, the prosecutor acts as the head of the investigation. In the preliminary investigation, the prosecutor assesses whether there is a reason to start a preliminary investigation into the police’s activities, Ryynänen says.

According to the release, the man behaved threateningly in the situation and fired several shots at the police.

An attention-grabbing operation

Shopping at Juupajoki at 12:30 Weak says that he saw at least three police cars, two off-road police cars and an ambulance on route 66. According to him, the police were heavily armed and equipped with bulletproof vests and shields.

Heikki did not see the stopping situation itself. The police announced shortly after 1:00 p.m. that a person who went on the run shot at the police after being stopped. The police shot back.

The investigation was transferred from the Internal Finland Police to the Central Criminal Police.

Road 66 was closed for hours due to the situation. The police announced a little after four o’clock in the afternoon that the roadblock has been lifted. Traffic is running normally again.

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The news has been updated with fresh information throughout the day on April 16.