Police said Saturday it has arrested the man who stabbed the owner of an indoor shooting range and fled with a handgun and bullets in the southern port city of Busan earlier in the day.

The man, presumed to be in his 20s or 30s, stabbed the female owner at the range at 9:40 a.m. in her abdomen, and ran away with a .45-caliber handgun and 19 bullets.

The suspect was wearing a black jacket and blue jeans at the scene, and is around 178 centimeters tall with short hair, investigators said, based on the closed-circuit TV footage.

Police said the man received 50 bullets from the store, of which he fired 20 at the range, and ran away with 19, leaving 11 behind. The gun was retrieved after the arrest.

Police said it has received reports that the man initially tried to kill himself and stabbed the owner when she attempted to stop him.

The 46-year-old owner was taken to a nearby hospital and is in critical condition, police added. (Yonhap)