In the center of Bagarmossen, families on autumn holiday move between the subway and Coop during Thursday afternoon. Everyday life seems to go on as usual. But a police car and police horses testify to the act that shook the area last week.
The motive behind the shooting on October 23 is still unclear. A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder, which took place in a residential area near the city centre.
According to information to DN, it is a misfire. Prosecutor Elsa Karlberg has told SVT Nyheter that there are circumstances that indicate that it could be a misfire. It is therefore one of several theories that are now being investigated.
A small crowd has gathered around the police horses in the square. It is noticeable that the shooting is still fresh in the minds of the residents with whom DN speaks.
- It doesn't feel very safe, says one person.
- I still feel very safe walking around here, says another.
A guy tells DN how he has stopped using headphones in the evening to get a better view. Speculation about the murder online worries him, he says.
A woman sitting on a bench outside Coop says she heard about the shooting days after it had happened. She has been away and reacted to the fact that there were suddenly many police officers in the area.
- Oh, no. Should it start again now? That's what I thought, says John Arthur Ekebert, 69, who just went home to Bagarmossen by subway.
He is surprised that the shooting happened here, because he thinks it has been quiet for a long time.
- Now people are afraid that this violence will escalate again. It's terribly cruel and horrible, he says.
John says that he enjoys Bagarmossen very well, but that he does not feel completely safe in the evenings.
- We neighbors stick together. If you go to these small shops, we know each other. We hug each other and ask how you are doing, he says.
Marianne Wiman, 90, saw blue light outside the window on Friday evening. She also describes a feeling that things have been calm for a while, until now. She remembers back to 2024, when a 16-year-old boy was shot dead in the center of Bagarmossen.
- He was a classmate of my grandson, so it became so close because they knew each other. But then things have calmed down. I've never felt threatened, but I'm not out in the evenings either.
Josefine Ristmägi, group leader of the area police in the Globen local police area, shares the picture that the shooting on Friday is a break from a quiet period in the area.
- There are such individual incidents of crime in Bagarmossen, but it does not stand out from any other area. The last time was 2024 where we had several shootings and one murder and the statistics are currently going down, she says
She describes that the murder of the 16-year-old in 2024 affected the local residents a lot.
- Everyone joined together and tried to do what they could as a district and civil society.
According to Josefine Ristmägi, the problems in Bagarmossen are about individual criminal actors who end up in conflict, rather than about networks.
- A conflict flares up against someone or something every now and then, and then it spills out.
The police will have an increased presence in Bagarmossen for some time to come. The aim is partly to work to create security, partly to prevent crime.
- We have been out talking to people and they are worried. You may not have had time to heal properly from the events of 2024. The same feelings may return.
A man that DN meets in the square would like to express his condolences for the grief that the 25-year-old's family must feel. But he does not want to be included by name or picture because he is afraid of accidentally being drawn into a conflict with criminals.
- If I talk badly about them, they might look me up, he says.
Marie Olsson, 64, has lived in Bagarmossen since 1988. On Friday, she read about the shooting in one of the local Facebook groups after hearing helicopters flying over the house.
- You get dismayed and sad. When it turns out that it was probably the wrong person, you become even more sad. However, I don't actually feel more unsafe in any way.
What do you think it is that makes you feel safe here?
- The neighborhood we have. You get help and we inform each other.
District police officer Josefine Ristmägi wants to urge those who heard, saw or know anything about the incident to contact the police.
