Hyvinkää shooting

The Hyvinkää shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on 26 May 2012, in the early hours of the morning in the centre of Hyvinkää, Finland, when an 18-year-old man, opened fire onto crowds outside restaurants of Uudenmaankatu street from atop a nearby building using two rifles. Two people were killed and seven others were wounded. The shooter fled the scene and was arrested the same day. An 18-year-old female student nurse died during the incident and pesäpallo player Topi Koistinen, who was 19, died later in hospital from his wounds. A police officer was amongst the wounded. On May 28, the city of Hyvinkää held a mourning period, and educational institutions observed held a moment of silence.

The shooter was identified as Eero Hiltunen, who stated he was motivated by frustration he felt following a wrestling match which he had lost the night of the shooting. A mental health examination had ultimately found that Hiltunen was sane at the time of the crime. Hyvinkää District Court sentenced Hiltunen to life imprisonment in February 2013. In October 2020, Hiltunen escaped from prison after being put on leave and was promptly recaptured.