The school attack on Campus Risbergska began at 12:31 p.m. on February 4 last year.
Less than fifteen minutes later, the perpetrator, 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, had shot ten people dead and then taken his own life.
Many of the police's efforts worked well. One weakness, however, was that it took a long time before life-saving efforts could be initiated, according to a completed evaluation.
One of those who were killed may have lived for up to 30 minutes after being shot. Another who died lived for an estimated 45 minutes and managed to both make and receive several phone calls.
"Took a long time"
"They have to be faster in order to come in and start working. That is also what most of the injured and their relatives have questioned," says Erik Nord, head of the investigation unit in Region West, on the police website.
According to the evaluation, information that there could be more perpetrators delayed the arrival of rescue services and ambulance personnel.
"It took a long time before the situation at Campus Risbergska was deemed sufficiently safe," Erik Nord states in the report.
"Needs to be supplemented"
He also discusses the police's so-called PDV method (ongoing deadly violence), which focuses on finding the perpetrator and interrupting the deadly violence. The method involves, among other things, training police officers not to stay with injured people.
Erik Nord believes the method needs to be supplemented with faster life-saving interventions.
The evaluation will now be reviewed before decisions are made on any measures.
"It is a solid report that points out, above all, the pace of the rescue work. It is a balance between risk, especially for the rescue service personnel, and the required speed, and it is something we need to take into account in our collaboration with the rescue service and healthcare in the future," says Johan Olsson, head of the national operational department (Noa), in a comment.
Ten people were killed and six injured when 35-year-old Rickard Andersson opened fire inside Campus Risbergska in Örebro on February 4, 2025.
The first alarm of gunfire came at 12:33 p.m.
The first police officers arrived on the scene just over five minutes after the alarm was raised. When they entered the school, they were met with smoke and were also shot at by Rickard Andersson.
Shortly after the police arrived at the school, at 12:45, Andersson took his own life.
The emergency police operation was called off after about an hour, at 1:40 p.m., when the perpetrator was found dead with several weapons next to him.
Source: Police.
