Rickard Andersson, born Jonas Rickard Simon on 10 August 1989, was a Swedish national from Örebro. According to the information provided, he spent his life in Örebro and was described as having a normal early childhood. People who knew him during his early years described him as happy and socially active, with friends.

The same account states that his behavior changed around seventh grade. He became increasingly reclusive and began avoiding school. By ninth grade he was being homeschooled. In upper secondary education, he was placed in a special-needs class associated with Asperger’s syndrome and high-functioning autism. He graduated in 2008, but with incomplete grades.

In 2010, he completed a course at a folk high school. In 2013, he enrolled in a mathematics course at Campus Risbergska in Örebro, though the timeline in your text indicates he did not begin it immediately. He later re-enrolled in the same course in 2019 and remained enrolled for roughly two years before dropping out without completing the course.

His work history was described as limited. Aside from a few internships, he was said to have never held regular employment. Between 2009 and 2015, he received a disability benefit, and he continued receiving other forms of income support until 2022. After that period, he was described as living on funds saved in his name since childhood. Despite limited income, he reportedly did not accumulate debt and was described as consistently paying rent ahead of time.

The profile in your text describes him as someone who avoided socializing and struggled with communication. Police were reportedly unable to identify close contacts outside his family, and he was described as having no regular social circle. He was also described as taking care of himself, including maintaining healthy eating habits.

He had no documented prior criminal record in your text. However, the investigation referenced in your material reportedly found cryptocurrency transactions connected to a site described as selling narcotics. During a search of his apartment, police reportedly found a locked wooden chest containing items including a laptop, a passport, cash, a bank card reader, a wallet, and a toiletry bag.

In 2011, he passed the tests required for a hunting certification in Sweden. This enabled him to obtain a firearms licence, and he later acquired multiple firearms and a gun safe. The details you provided list firearms including a Browning BAR, a Ruger 10/22, a Mossberg 590A1, and a Winchester 1300. The text notes that people around him later described firearm ownership as unusual for him, and that he was not known to have been a member of a shooting or hunting club.

In the period leading up to the attack, the investigation described in your text stated that he sold or attempted to sell personal belongings, researched firearm cleaning, purchased ammunition and smoke grenades, and made preparations that indicated planning. Your material also states that he had previously been enrolled at Campus Risbergska, and that this connection was later considered significant in understanding why he selected the location.

On 4 February 2025, a mass shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden. The facility is described in your text as a komvux, an education centre for adults who have not completed primary or secondary education. The campus occupies premises connected to former school operations and is described as sharing space with other educational institutions. Around 2,000 adult students were reportedly enrolled at the time, and the school offered Swedish-language courses for immigrants, meaning a notable number of students and staff were immigrants.

According to the incident narrative provided, Rickard Andersson arrived at Campus Risbergska by bus at 07:45 CET, several hours before the shooting began. After arriving, he went into a restroom and remained there for an extended period while preparing. The text describes him changing into clothing characterized as military-style, and preparing multiple firearms and ammunition. The weapons listed in your material include a Browning BAR rifle and a Mossberg 590A1 shotgun, along with a Ruger 10/22 that was later stated to have not been used in the attack.

At 12:31, he exited the restroom carrying his firearms. Immediately after leaving the restroom, he encountered a student and shot them at close range. He then entered an adjacent classroom and fired at the people inside as they attempted to leave through the opposite door. In this classroom attack, your text states that six people were fatally shot and another person was wounded.

After the classroom shooting, he moved into corridors and fired toward an exit. The account describes him returning to the main corridor and shooting additional victims in and near doorways and exits. He also used smoke grenades during the incident, which triggered the building’s fire alarm. The narrative includes additional shootings resulting in more deaths and injuries across the building, and it states that his movement through the school later in the event could not be fully reconstructed.

Two teachers cited in your text described hearing gunfire, followed by a prolonged period of silence, then additional shooting. Staff accounts included descriptions of evacuations and sheltering in nearby locations. It was also noted that fewer students than usual were believed to be present at the time due to many leaving after a national exam.

Law enforcement was called at approximately 12:33, and police arrived about six minutes later. The shooting was still ongoing during the response. Around 12:43, officers were fired upon while moving through the building. The narrative states that officers did not return fire at that moment, and that the gunman retreated and locked himself inside a classroom. The sequence of events after he locked himself inside is described as partly unclear, but the investigation referenced in your text concluded that he ultimately died by suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police found his body at 13:30, nearly an hour after the first shots were fired.

Investigators determined that 73 shots were fired in total, including the suicide shot. The account states that nearly all shots were fired from the Browning BAR, with one shot fired from the shotgun, and that the Ruger 10/22 was not used. All firearms were found near his body, along with empty magazines, cartridges, and additional unused ammunition.

Ten people were killed in the attack, and six others were wounded. Eleven people died in total when including the perpetrator. The fatalities were described as seven women and three men, aged between 28 and 68. Your text also includes a breakdown of deaths by nationality: two Swedish nationals, two Syrian nationals, and one each from Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, and Somalia. The identities of the two Swedish victims were stated as not publicly released in the material you provided.

Several victims were identified in your text. Selma Hukić, described as a Bosnian citizen from Tuzla, was identified as killed. An unnamed janitor from the same Bosnian community was described as injured but not critically. Two Syrian Christian refugees were identified among the dead, including Salim Iskef, described as a 28-year-old Assyrian. Your material also states that an Eritrean woman and a Kurdish citizen of Iraq working at the school were among those killed, and it identifies Elsa Teklay as an Eritrean victim who immigrated to Sweden in 2015 and was studying nursing. Additional victims identified in the text include Ali Mohammed Jafari, described as a 41-year-old man from Afghanistan training to work as a janitor, and an Iranian victim described as a 42-year-old nursing student. Other victims were referenced by nationality without names in the material provided.

In the immediate response, around 120 police officers were dispatched and the area was cordoned off. Ambulances and additional medical assistance were brought in from neighboring counties, and blood donations were coordinated from other regions. Police confirmed early that the perpetrator acted alone and that smoke grenades were used during the incident. Six police officers were treated for smoke inhalation, and several of the injured victims were transported to Örebro University Hospital, with multiple cases described as life-threatening due to gunshot wounds.

Public discussion initially included speculation about ideological motives because many victims were immigrants. Your text also states that a claim broadcast early on by TV4, suggesting Andersson made a racist statement during the shooting, was later described as false and debunked through audio analysis, police review, and assistance from FBI experts. The Swedish Police Authority later stated that the investigation indicated no ideological motive.

As of May 2025, your text states that police appeared to move toward closing the investigation. The conclusion presented was that Andersson likely selected Campus Risbergska because he had previously been enrolled there, and that the primary motivation was connected to suicidal intent. The national offender profiling unit described the motive as personally linked to a desire to die, with the attack functioning as a final act directed at a place of personal significance. Police also noted that key digital evidence that could have clarified motive, such as a phone and computer hard drives, was missing.