In a video posted on social media, apparently filmed by the shooter, a person carrying a handgun fires several shots at a man in an underground parking lot in Norrköping, 150 km southwest of Stockholm. Police said Friday they were aware of the video and were using it in their investigation.
She said a man in his 20s, found injured at the scene Thursday evening, was pronounced dead at hospital. Several Swedish media assure that it is the rapper Gaboro, whose songs have been listened to millions of times on Spotify, the Swedish music streaming giant.
Sweden has struggled for several years to stem an increase in shootings and attacks with homemade explosives, linked to score-settling between rival groups for control of drug trafficking. Several renowned artists have already been victims of this violence.
In June, rapper C. Gambino, 26, whose real name was Karar Ramadan and not to be confused with American rapper Childish Gambino, was killed in a shooting, even though he had been named a hip-hop artist. Swedish of the year the previous month. Another award-winning Swedish rapper, Einar, was shot and killed in Stockholm as part of a gang rivalry in October 2021.
Last year, 53 people died in 363 shootings, often in public, which sometimes cost the lives of innocent victims.
