North Rhine-Westphalia
Man killed by headshot in Krefeld – police are looking for two men
Police officers are looking for clues near a crime scene in Krefeld
© Oliver Berg / DPA
A 42-year-old man was shot dead in Krefeld on Monday evening. The police are looking for two men who are said to have fled immediately after the shots were fired.
A man was shot dead on the street in downtown Krefeld (North Rhine-Westphalia) on Monday evening. “There was a shot fired on Garnstrasse. One person died,” said a police spokesman at the request of the German Press Agency. Homicide is looking for two men.
Witnesses heard several shots around 7:50 p.m. and saw two men running away in the dark, investigators said on Tuesday. A police spokesman said the 42-year-old man was known to police for drug and property crimes. “We don’t think he’s an accidental victim.” A shot hit the victim in the head. His body was lying on the sidewalk after the crime. She will now be autopsied, it said. The Albanian has lived in Germany for four years.
Around 30 officers deployed after shots were fired in Krefeld
The day after, bullet holes were found on a mailbox and an intercom on a house facade at the scene of the crime. Around 30 riot police officers searched for the murder weapon under parked cars, in parks and on a railway embankment. Homicide officers questioned residents on the street.
true crime
“Ken & Barbie-Killer”, “Hillside Stranglers”, “Moor-Mörder”: killer couples who embody pure evil
It was initially unclear whether the victim was on a bicycle at the time of the crime. “There was a wheel lying around at the crime scene, but it’s also possible that someone just knocked it over,” it said.