New shooting at a residence – the police are investigating attempted murder
During the early hours of Tuesday morning, shots were fired towards a residential building on Götagatan in Hässleholm.
Last week there was an explosion in the same building.
– We are looking for possible connections, says Rickard Lundqvist, Press Spokesperson for the police.
Just before 3 am on Tuesday, the police received an alarm about a shooting. Police confirmed at the scene that someone had shot into the window of an apartment.
– People were inside the apartment, but no one was injured, says Jerker Olsson, Duty Officer at Police, Region Syd.
No suspects have been arrested following the shooting on Götagatan.
– A number of perpetrators are said to have fled the scene at the time of the shooting, says Olsson.
The crime scene has been cordoned off. Forensics and trained dogs arrived at the scene at 5.30 am.
– We have cordoned off the crime scene, mainly the apartment. Sometimes we may also need to cordon off the areas where the shots hit. We look at the angles of the shots and whether we can find any bullets, says Rickard Lundqvist, Press Spokesperson for the police, on Tuesday morning.
The case is currently being classified as attempted murder.
”We are investigating all possible connections with previous incidents,”Rickard Lundqvist, Press Spokesperson for the police
– We have dog handlers at the scene who use a special dog to look for traces. The dog is specially trained to to look for traces after shootings and detect gunpowder, for example, says Rickard Lundqvist.
Last week, during the early hours of Tuesday morning, there was an explosion at an apartment on Götagatan. The same building was subject to last night’s shooting.
On two occasions, shots were also fired towards the neighbouring building on Viaduktgatan during the early hours of Wednesday and Thursday morning.
A person in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of the shooting on Wednesday 6th April.
He is previously known to the police.
– We believe that there is a connection between the explosion, where they may have got the wrong address, and the shootings.
We are still looking for links, says Håkan Klein, Preliminary Investigator at the police.
