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The two police officers were shot by the gunman with a AK-47 when they were in their police car. The gunman was arrested after he fled the scene and reportedly barricaded himself in a house.

TWITTER Two police officers have been shot in Spain

The suspect shot the police officers at around 4pm Spanish time before going on the run. The police officers involved in the shooting in Gava, Barcelona are aged 50 and 62-years-old.

Barcelona shooting, latest pictures Thu, July 6, 2017 Live pictures from the scene as two police officers have been injured following a shooting in Gava, Spain Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 9 Gava, near to Barcelona, where a man has shot two local police officers

TWITTER One of the two police officers has been seriously injured in the shooting

The police have said that one of the injured men is very seriously wounded. Emergency services surrounded a house close to the location of the shooting, where they believed the suspect had barricaded himself in.

One of the police officers was shot in the neck. Emergency services are at the scene. The local authorities have said that this event is not related to terrorism.

Twitter The suspect has barricaded himself in this house after the shooting