Danish Mall Shooting Suspect Had Mental Health Issues: Police

The police chief could not yet comment on a motive, but said there seemed to have been preparation ahead of the attack.

Danish police said Monday that the suspect in a weekend shooting at a Copenhagen mall that left three dead, including two teenagers, was known to mental health services.

"Our suspect is also known among psychiatric services, beyond that I do not wish to comment," Copenhagen police chief Soren Thomassen told a press conference.

Thomassen added that the victims appeared to have been randomly targeted and there was nothing to indicate it was an act of terror.

"Our assessment is that the victims were random, that it isn't motivated by gender or something else," Thomassen said.