The police suspect that they may have stopped a shooting in Västerås on Friday night, Aftonbladet learns.
According to information, the police stopped a person who had a sharply charged automatic weapon hanging around his neck.
– We have initiated a preliminary investigation regarding preparation for murder and serious gun crime, says Magnus Jansson Klarin, spokesman for the police in the Central region.
During Friday evening, the police received an alarm about a motorcycle that was driving at high speed in Västerås. Several calls had then reached the police.
– The patrols see this motorcycle and when they see the police, they throw this motorcycle and start to leave on foot. Then a man in his 20s can be arrested and he has a sharp weapon on him, says Magnus Jansson Klarin.
According to information to Aftonbladet, it was a sharply charged automatic weapon that the man had hanging around his neck.
Sharply loaded firearm
The police do not want to comment on what type of weapon it was.
– I can not go into that. It is a sharp firearm in any case, says Magnus Jansson Klarin.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the police suspect that a shooting may have been imminent.
Another person could later be arrested, an 18-year-old man.
– The other people run away and we have quite a few patrols working on the case. This leads to another man in the age of 18 being arrested, says Magnus Jansson Klarin.
Tasks: Threaded connections
According to information to Aftonbladet, they have suspected connections to a criminal network in Västerås. Both are now under arrest on suspicion of aggravated weapon crime and preparation for murder.
The police do not want to go further into the headings. According to the police, there are suspicions that shots were about to be fired.
– Such a suspicion exists because a preliminary investigation has been initiated in preparation for murder. But what has emerged in the investigation, I can not answer now, says Magnus Jansson Klarin.
Västerås is one of several cities that have been hit by several shootings this year. As recently as the end of May, a man was found shot in the Gideonsberg area in Västerås. In March, a young man was shot in the Hammarby area. According to information to Aftonbladet, the man is connected to a criminal network.