Swedish media, which have published photos of Milo with the permission of his family, said he was moved to woods after being killed.
Police officers work near the scene of a shooting, in Malmo, Sweden in 2019
Milo, who was only identified by his first name, was shot in the head in a chilling example of “gross and completely reckless gang violence”, prosecutor Lisa dos Santos said.Ms dos Santos declined to give further details due to an ongoing investigation. Crime gangs have become a growing problem in Sweden, with an increasing number of drive-by shootings, bombings and grenade attacks.As of September 15, police had counted 261 shootings in Sweden this year, of which 34 were deadly and 71 people were wounded.
A 15-year-old boy died of his wounds shortly after, with the second victim, a 43-year-old man, dying later.Sweden’s justice minister Gunnar Strommer said at the time that more than 20 shots had been fired and described the shooting as “domestic terrorism”.
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