STORY: A shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala left at least three people dead on Tuesday.Police said they first received calls about gunshots in Uppsala's city center.Witnesses told local media that they heard five shots and saw people running for cover.

Swedish police say that three people are confirmed dead after a shooting in Uppsala, a city near Stockholm, and are investigating the incident as a murder.

At least three people were killed in a shooting in the city of Uppsala, Sweden on Tuesday, police said in a statement. The deaths are being investigated as a homicide, police said, adding that the victims’ next of kin have not yet been notified.