During the night, a badly injured man was found in a stairwell in Eskilstuna. The police tell TV4 Nyheterna that they were called to the scene at a quarter past one after the public heard loud bangs.
The man was taken to hospital and the police launched a major operation.
– We have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted murder and aggravated weapons offences, says the police officer on duty, Robert Gustafsson.
During the morning, the police had not yet succeeded in arresting any perpetrators.
– We are working with information gathering and the site is cordoned off for technical examination, says Robert Gustafsson.
One of the leads the police are investigating is whether the shooting has any connection to previous acts of violence in the city.
– It is too early to go out and make that assessment right now, but it is clear that we are looking at a connection with both the previous shootings that have taken place and the conflict that has existed in the area since before, says the police.