There was a large police presence in the French city of Rouen, France Tuesday as authorities responded to a fatal stabbing.

According to local media, the suspected attacker has barricaded himself inside of a building on Alsace-Lorraine street—shots were also reportedly fired.

L’avenue est bouclée… La cave à vin tenue par Pascal Darmon, l’ancien président du #FCR, aurait été le théâtre d’une agression…#Rouen pic.twitter.com/yMshJV0oEp — grégory caru-thomas (@greglehavrlibr) May 16, 2017

#Rouen coups de feu et une personne poignardée… je sors tellement pas de chez moi. ? — isasa (@IsalineSA) May 16, 2017

Rouen, about two hours from Paris, is a port city on the river Seine.

This is a developing story.

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