Gunfire in Tensta – one dead and one seriously injured – Aftonbladet

A man died and one was seriously injured in a shooting in Tensta on Monday evening.

According to Aftonbladet waited offender to the victims of a footbridge before he shot them at least seven shots.

Sources report that a child saw the shooting at close range.

at 18:27 on Monday night, police received the alarm about shootings Tensta avenue through SOS alarm.

several people were then called in after having heard several bangs.

When the police arrived at the scene found a man dead – according to data to Aftonbladet, he had been shot in the head. On the site there is also a seriously injured man. He has now been taken to hospital by ambulance.

“Did not believe such a thing could happen in Sweden”

Aftonbladet has talked with a man who was in the vicinity of the crime scene during the shooting.

– we heard five or six bangs, but we thought it was firecrackers. After five minutes, we went out and when we saw the two injured men. A low the stairs and below the stairs, the man says.

He continues:

– You get such a shock. I did not think such a thing could happen here in Sweden in the middle of summer, when it is light.

Shot from a footbridge

According to Aftonbladet sources shot the two men from a footbridge at least seven shots. The offender should – according to sources – have moved into the area in anticipation of the victims before shooting.

Then he allegedly left the scene on a moped.

Respondents state that the men were shot down in front of a children.

police have cordoned off the crime scene pending a technical investigation. Several squads are still working in the area.

– We knock on doors and talk to people who have moved to the site, says Towe Hägg, spokesperson at the Stockholm police.

Is there any Griffin?

– There’s no arrest.

Petrol station was cordoned off

During the evening blocked the police of a gas station in Lunda industrial area, a few kilometers from the crime scene.

– it has come to evidence that there may be traces there. Therefore, it has been cordoned off for technical investigation, says Towe Hägg.

Early Tuesday morning the barricades at the gas station has been lifted. Police have not yet arrested any suspect.