Police said it was investigating the shooting as a homicide and that it had no information about the incident being a terror or hate crime at this point.
Police said the victims were yet to be identified and declined to speculate on the motive for the killings.
Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said the Justice Ministry was in close contact with the police and that it was closely monitoring developments in the case.
Police said earlier they had received calls from members of the public who heard gunshots in the city centre, and that emergency services had rushed to the scene.
Witnesses told SVT they had heard five shots and had seen people in the area running to take cover. Several Swedish media, including TT, reported that the shooting took place near or in a hair salon.
Sweden has suffered from a wave of gang-related violence for more than a decade that has included an epidemic of gun violence.
The Nordic country’s right-wing minority government came to power in 2022 on a promise to tackle gang-related violence. It has tightened laws and given more powers to police, and after the Orebro shooting said it would seek to tighten gun laws.
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