Overview
- Police say the 21-year-old was shot in an Audi on Galgebacksvägen in Oxie on December 12 and later found in the back seat of a car in Hindby.
- Investigators believe the intended target was another person in the vehicle and that the victim was mistakenly killed, according to local reports.
- Local media report the attack was a contract killing worth about 250,000 SEK and that the boy traveled from central Sweden to Malmö.
- The suspect was taken into custody on Tuesday and is described by Swedish outlets as the youngest person suspected of a fatal shooting in the country.
- Court documents state he has legal counsel and is in care, and a prosecutor has moved to initiate proceedings as police pursue the homicide investigation in the context of rising youth gun violence.