The investigative work after the mass shooting at Campus Risbergska has been massive. According to the police, there is nothing to suggest that the perpetrator Rickard Andersson acted out of political engagement, xenophobia, or terror.
The suspect has had long-term difficulties with his livelihood. That frustration, we believe, has turned into a desire to take his own life, says commander-in-chief Henrik Dahlström at a press conference.
Footage from body cameras
At the press conference, the police hold a visual review of the deed, with material from surveillance cameras and body cameras. Film clips show how the police, a few minutes after the first alarm call, entered the school through two entrances. A patrol follows bloodstains through the corridors. "With me", a police officer is heard instructing his colleague.
Another patrol approaches one of the several fire doors in the school's premises and is then shot at. A police officer is then heard saying that they need to fall back because they don't "have weapons" to take on the shooting.
No selection
According to the police, Rickard Andersson stayed in one of the school's toilets for several hours before the deed. He had brought his weapons, supplies, amphetamine which he took, and his math book from the time he studied at Risbergska.
We don't see that there has been any selection of persons, says Dahlström about how Andersson acted when he stepped out of the toilet and started shooting.
Dahlström goes into detail about how Rickard Andersson lived before the deed, how he throughout his entire adult life was dependent on financial compensation from society. Andersson's study period at Risbergska is described as "the longest continuous period he had during his adult life". In 2011, Andersson took a hunting license and bought weapons.
We haven't found anything about him using his weapons before the deed, says Henrik Dahlström.
Remained invisible
According to Dahlström, there is a mobile phone linked to Andersson that the police haven't found, and two computers with removed hard drives that couldn't be searched through.
The perpetrator has actively chosen to remain invisible in the digital and physical world, says Dahlström.
The first alarm call about the shooting came at 12.33. Ten people were killed and six people were injured in the mass shooting.
The perpetrator Rickard Andersson took his own life during the deed.
