4 February (summary):
11:30: Rickard Andersson is observed on the school grounds at Campus Risbergska.
12:33: The first alarm about suspected gunfire at the school comes in to SOS Alarm.
12:39: The first police patrol is on the scene and enters the school a minute later.
12:43: Rickard Andersson shoots at the police, without anyone getting hurt. Two minutes later, he fires a shot that ends his life.
13:40: Rickard Andersson is found dead. The police continue searching for any other perpetrators.
17:40: The police have finished searching the school, without finding any other suspected perpetrators. The search operation is ended.
In the following days, a shocked Sweden tries to understand the event and the motive behind the act. The police work extensively to try to both map the event and the perpetrator.
24 February: Part of the education at Campus Risbergska starts up again.
of whether it's about our staff or the students, after a few weeks, you start striving for a kind of normality. Life won't be like it was before, but it will be as it should be in some way, said Mikael Blom, principal of the vocational education.
7 March: The municipality decides that Campus Risbergska will open up fully again in August. The school is the center for municipal adult education in Örebro, with over 2,600 students and around 200 employees.
13 May: Region Örebro County announces that the last two patients injured in the mass shooting in Örebro will leave the hospital. All those injured in the act have thus left the hospital. All will, however, need care in the future – in some cases for many months ahead.
16 May: The police hold a press conference where their investigation is presented. They see no political, religious, or terrorist motive behind the act. Rickard Andersson is described as having been driven by frustration over not getting any income after failed studies at Risbergska. That frustration is said to have turned into a desire to take his life. The police also that the weapons he used during the act were bought following obtaining a hunting license. He is also said to have been amphetamine-influenced during the mass shooting. He left his math book from his study time at the school in the toilet at Risbergska where he prepared for the act.
