Hampus Östlund works at the pub Ölstugan Tullen which is located on the street where six people were injured in the shooting in Gävle on the night against Saturday.
I was just on my way out on the street when the guard outside shouted that we should go in, he says.
He has slept poorly after the incident and it is unclear to him where it all began. Maybe 30 meters south on the sidewalk where bloodstains are visible the day after the deed.
I saw a guy who came hopping on one leg, and a guy who was shot in the thigh. And one who, I think, was shot in the foot, says Östlund.
The three injured were taken into the pub and received help from visitors and staff while waiting for an ambulance and police.
Saw the shooter
Another witness, a woman from Bollnäs, had been to a concert in Gävle and sat at a pizzeria when she saw a young guy on the other side of the street. Then shots were heard, the guy had taken out a weapon and started shooting, she tells.
She heard a number of shots and when she began to grasp what had happened, she called 112 and ran out onto the street. She checks the call list on her mobile.
I called 01.48, she says.
On the other side of the street, she saw two young women and a man with injuries. The one she believes was the shooter had then run into a side street.
She remembers that she saw a white shoe with blood on when she reached the injured girl on the sidewalk who seemed to be injured in the ankle.
— But she was injured in the knee pit in the other leg as well, she says.
Together with a police officer, she made sure the girl got a bandage that could stop the bleeding and checked that she did not have injuries in the upper body.
— I helped to turn her over, she tells.
Trying to take in
Shahriar Rad works at a restaurant wall to wall with Ölstugan. He had finished an hour after midnight but taken part in testimonies about how employees helped the injured. Now he stands on the street outside, the morning after, and tries to take in what has happened.
– Of course it's terrible, for staff, guests and all Gävle residents, says Shahriar Rad.
He sees, however, hope and humanity in the efforts that staff and others made in the drama.
– But it's starting to become a bit of an everyday thing, terrible, he says about the shootings.
