initially, four people were arrested in connection with the shooting. five men were eventually charged with murder. on 8 august 2016, following a two-month trial at the gothenburg district court, two of the men were sentenced to life imprisonment; the other three, who were under the age of 21 at the time of the shooting, were sentenced to 14 years in prison. three other people were sentenced to between 7 and 14 years for aiding and abetting the crime. the seven were convicted for assistance to murder and assistance to attempted murder, as authorities could not prove precisely who was holding the murder weapons.