Swedish hip-hop star reportedly shot dead in parking lot in shooting caught on video Blogging Sole

Swedish police announced on Friday that a man had been shot dead in a parking lot in the town of Norrköping. Media reports identified the victim as rapper Gaboro, who is believed to have links to criminal gangs.

A video purporting to show that the killing quickly spread on social networks. In the video, apparently filmed on a camera worn by the shooter, a person carrying a handgun can be seen firing several shots into an auto shop.

Police said they were aware of the video and it was part of their investigation.

They said a man in his 20s, who was found injured at the scene Thursday morning, was later pronounced dead at hospital.

Police said in a statement that they were looking for information on a silver station wagon that might be linked to the case.

“The police are still working very intensively on this case, which is being classified as a murder,” the statement said.

Several media outlets reported that it was rapper Gaboro, whose songs have been streamed millions of times on Swedish music streaming giant Spotify.

Sweden has seen a rise in gang shootings and bombings linked to score-settling between rival groups as police struggle to control the illicit drug market.

Several renowned artists have already been victims of this violence.

In June, rapper C. Gambino, 26, whose real name is Karar Ramadan and should not be confused with the American rapper Childish Gambino – was killed in a shooting. He had been named the country’s hip-hop artist of the year the previous month.

Einar, another award-winning Swedish rapper, has been shot and killed in Stockholm during a gang conflict in October 2021.

However, the police told Reuters this week, they made progress in their reduction efforts. deadly gang violence, leading to a decrease in shootings and gun deaths.

“This is the first time we have seen a clear downward trend over a prolonged period,” the head of the police’s national operations department, Johan Olsson, told Reuters.

Last year, 53 people died in 363 shootings, which often took place in public and sometimes cost the lives of innocent victims and bystanders.