A man in his 20s was shot during the night until Monday on the upper body outdoors in a residential area in Norsborg in Botkyrka municipality.
The man himself alerted the police at 01.32 and stated that a man unknown to him had shot him but he had managed to get to Karolinska Hospital in Huddinge on his own.
– We met the man and can state that he was shot and when we investigate the crime scene, we find sleeves, says Fredrik Andersson, officer on duty at the Stockholm Police.
The police have now initiated a preliminary investigation into attempted murder.
– The man is seriously but not life-threateningly injured and we have a large police operation on the scene and are conducting a technical investigation and trying to find witnesses to the incident, says Fredrik Andersson.
At 04.30 on Monday morning, no perpetrator had been arrested.