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A 14-year-old boy suspected of shooting six teens in a city centre sent a chilling text to his social worker after carrying out the attack.
The teenager reportedly sent the message, reading: ‘Check the news hehe’, before he was reported missing hours after the shooting in Gavle, Sweden, on Saturday.
Local media reports claim the suspected shooter was already on the police’s radar and that he did not want to reveal his plans on Saturday to social services after they reached out following concerns he was hanging out in the wrong circles and that he would commit an act of violence.
Gunfire broke out at around 2am in the Soder area of the port city which is lined with bars and restaurants, sparking a huge emergency response.
Photos from the scene showed police swarming the city centre and cordoning off the street as victims were carried to ambulances.
Witnesses have said the gunman fired his pistol at close range straight into a crowd of people standing outside some restaurants on Sodra Kungsgatan, Expressen reports.
The teenager was arrested shortly after the shooting, near the crime scene. He was quizzed over the incident by police over the weekend.
The victims are not believed to have been intended targets, and according to the investigation, the shooting is suspected to be gang related, as per Expressen.
Photos from the scene on Saturday show police swarming the city centre and cordoning off the street as victims were carried to ambulances
He is suspected of six counts of attempted murder and aggravated weapons offences, police said.
Detectives working on the case have confirmed they have a ‘relatively good’ idea of the timeline of evets but are yet to find a motive.
Police spokesperson Tobias Ahlén Svalbro said: ‘We have questioned a lot of witnesses and we have more witnesses to hear during the day.’
The victims, mostly young adults but including people under 18, were all taken to hospital, Ahlén-Svalbro added.
Of the six who were shot, none suffered life-threatening injuries, while two of the injured were released from the hospital on Saturday.
Shariar Rad, who owns a restaurant just yards from where the shots were fired, told how his staff had taken in three of the wounded before ambulances arrived at the scene.
Residents at the described their shock, with one woman telling local radio: ‘You don’t really want to be out late at night.
‘You’re worried about your children. What a society we’ve created. It’s crazy.’
Another witness added: ‘It feels terrible. Six people are being shot a few meters away from me.’
Sweden’s Minister of Justice Gunnar Strommer said: ‘Victims of crime, their loved ones, and all the people in Gävle who wake up today to grim headlines and feel worry and fear about the violence and what it is doing to our society.
‘The act is yet another dark example of the significant capacity for violence among criminals and the constant risks of new violent acts simmering beneath the surface.’
Gavle, home to around 80,000 people, is 86 miles north of Stockholm and is Sweden’s 13th largest city.
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