Copenhagen shooting: – Neighbor: – Heard explosion
COPENHAGEN (Dagbladet): There is broken glass on the hill outside what should be the address of the perpetrator. The apartment is located in a quiet residential area in Amager in Copenhagen.
– We heard an explosion on Sunday, says a neighbor to Dagbladet. She and her family were asked to stay away from the block Sunday night.
She and her family were scared – and her children cried from the sound, she says.
To 17-year-olds killed
– Do not sleep tonight
Three people were killed – and four were seriously injured after the shooting at the Field’s shopping center on Sunday night.
A 22-year-old ethnic Danish man has been arrested after the incident, and has been charged with murder.
– We saw a lot of police running in and out. They have been here from yesterday to early this morning, says the neighbor.
She says that she and her husband did not sleep last night – and watched what happened out the window.
Her husband must have put a young man he has reacted to in the past, the neighbor says. But she does not know if it was the perpetrator.
There are few people to look around the neighborhood Monday morning. The area is a family area with new buildings.
The door has been torn down and it looks as if it has been blown out by Dagbladet visiting the address. One glass in the double window in the hallway is broken. The apartment is now sealed.
30 injured
It was at 5.30 pm on Sunday evening that the suspected perpetrator started firing in the Field’s shopping center in Copenhagen, and at 5.48 pm the suspected perpetrator was arrested.
In addition to a rifle, he was carrying a knife when he was apprehended.
There are many indications that he acted completely alone – and that they were completely random victims, according to the police.
The 22-year-old has been questioned, and has explained that he was the one who fired the shots inside Field’s. Police Chief Søren Thomassen states that he will be remanded in custody on Monday at 1 pm. The prosecuting authority has requested closed doors.
The man is said to have posed with a weapon on social media – and previously visited psychiatry.
A total of 30 people were injured during the shooting.