It was around 8pm on Sunday evening that the police were alerted to a shooting in Norrköping. It turned out to be a boy in his early teens who had been shot several times in a residential area in Navestad.
39-year-old Stefan Engström was sitting at home watching ice hockey on TV, together with his brother and mother, when he suddenly heard screams and shortly after three to four bangs.
When Stefan ran out to see what had happened, he saw the shot boy lying bleeding just outside the front door.
– I shouted to my mother and brother to call 112, says Stefan
He tried to make contact with the person, and began CPR until another neighbor came out and took over. Soon after, the police arrived at the scene and took over the attempts to save the boy’s life.
– I just wanted to help and do the best I could, he says.
But the boy’s life could not be saved. At 9 p.m., the police announced that he had died, and that the next of kin had been notified.
– I felt powerless. I didn’t really know what to do, says Stefan.
Cut after the event
Stefan says that he is still scarred after the incident, but feels better today after he talked to colleagues and friends about what he had been through.
– It still feels surreal that I was a part of it. It’s just something you see on film or read about.
– It’s nothing you want to experience again. He looked so young, that’s probably what took a lot too.
Several acts of violence
Norrköping has been affected by several acts of violence recently. On Sunday morning, several people were evacuated after a firebomb was found in central Norrköping, and a couple of weeks ago it exploded at an apartment building. A month before that, a person was shot in a mall.
The police do not want to go into whether the events have any connection with the murder in Navestad.
– I think it’s awful. Pardon the saying, but I think it’s time something happens now so we dare to go out in the evenings, says Stefan.
No one has yet been arrested for the shooting.