section_path: Shooting
section_name: Shooting
paragraph_text: Shooting
  
  Reports indicate that the perpetrator, Rickard Andersson, arrived at Campus Risbergska by bus approximately 1.5 hours before he attacked. He was seen near the school's entrance at 10:59 CET, but his exact movements inside the building remain unclear.
  
  Law enforcement were called around 12:33 and arrived six minutes later. Two teachers at the school told Dagens Nyheter that they heard gunshots from a corridor, followed by silence for a half-hour, and then more shooting. The perpetrator fired 70 shots during the shooting. Around 120 police officers were dispatched to the school following the shooting.
  
  According to the police, shots were still being fired on the premises during their search. Police never confronted or saw the shooter alive. He was found dead an hour later at 13:30 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  
  Maria Pegado, a teacher at the school, recalled hearing the shots and escaped with her 15 students through the hallway. Ingela Bäck Gustafsson, the school's principal, was eating when students ran in and told everyone to evacuate; she and others took shelter in the staff room of Myrorna, a nearby second-hand store. Lena Warenmark, another teacher at the school, said that fewer than usual students were in the building at the time of the shooting since many had gone home following a national exam.
  
  The Swedish Police Authority stated that the perpetrator had acted alone, and was confirmed dead in the shooting. Local police chief Roberto Eid Forest said the shooter appeared to have killed himself. Sveriges Radio, citing police investigations, said that an automatic firearm had been used in the shooting. Three firearms were found near his body, along with ten empty magazines, 100 cartridges and large amounts of unused ammunition. Police confirmed that Andersson used three smoke grenades during the attack. Aftonbladet reported that the weapons were transported into the school inside a guitar case and in two bags, while the gunman changed into a military style garb in one of the school bathrooms before carrying out the shooting.
  
  Police soon cordoned off the area. Ambulances were sent from the neighbouring counties of Södermanland and Västmanland to assist medical personnel in Örebro, while Värmland sent blood. In addition, Värmland and Dalarna provided police reinforcements.