At 18.15 on Wednesday evening, the police received an alarm that a person had been found shot outside in Skärholmen, in southern Stockholm.
Later in the evening, the police announced on their website that the man was dead and that a preliminary investigation into murder had been opened.
Person dead after the shooting in southern Stockholm
Mikael, 39, was shot dead in front of his son
The shot man was Michael, 39. According to information to The evening paper Mikael and his 12-year-old son were on their way to a bathhouse in the area. On the way, they passed a gang at an underpass, which Mikael then allegedly confronted.
One of the gang then allegedly took out a gun and pointed it at Mikael’s head. Mikael allegedly tried to take the weapon but was instead shot, according to Aftonbladet’s information.
– How can it be like this in society, that people walk around with weapons? It shouldn’t be like this, says the brother-in-law Elias to The evening paper.
Mikael is said to have been upset about the crime in the area for a long time and wanted to get the gangs that sold drugs off the streets.
Mikael, 39, was shot dead in front of his son. Photo: Privat Didn’t want his son to grow up in an environment of shooting deaths
According to Aftonbladet’s information, Mikael has previously been in contact with the police about the youth gang and expressed his concern. He didn’t want his son to grow up in an environment of drugs and shootings.
– It is absolutely terrible what has happened, says brother-in-law Elias The evening paper.
No one has yet been arrested for the murder.
On Thursday, several flowers and candles were left at the scene. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT
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