Danish police on Monday said that the suspect in a weekend shooting at a Copenhagen mall that left three dead, including two teenagers, was known to mental health services.
Addressing a Press Conference, Copenhagen police chief Soren Thomassen added that the victims appeared to have been randomly targeted and there was nothing to indicate it was an act of terror.
The police chief could not yet comment on a motive, but said there seemed to have been preparation ahead of the attack and that the 22-year-old suspect was not aided by anyone else.
The three killed have been identified as a Danish teenage girl and boy, both aged 17, and a 47-year-old Russian citizen residing in Denmark.
Another four were injured in the shooting: two Danish women, aged 19 and 40, and two Swedish citizens, a 50-year-old man and a 16-year-old woman.
Police confirmed that the suspected shooter was present at the mall at the time of the shooting and is known to the police “but only peripherally”.
They added that they believe videos of the suspect circulating since Sunday evening on social media to be authentic.
In some of the images, the young man can be seen posing with weapons, mimicking suicide gestures and talking about psychiatric medication “that does not work”.
YouTube and Instagram accounts believed to belong to the suspect were closed overnight.
The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon at the busy Fields shopping mall, located between the city centre and Copenhagen airport.
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