Major police manhunt
After shots in Göppingen bar: perpetrator still on the run
The background to the shooting in Göppingen was initially unclear that night (current photo). photo
© Marius Bulling/dpa
Shots are fired in a bar in Göppingen. The perpetrator can escape. He was still on the run the morning after the crime.
After shots were fired in a bar in the city center of Göppingen, east of Stuttgart, the suspected perpetrator is still on the run. A police spokesman said this morning that there was no indication yet as to which direction he might have escaped. The Police continue to search. A 29-year-old was killed in the shooting on Wednesday evening and two other people were injured and taken to hospitals.
According to previous police reports, the perpetrator is said to have left the crime scene on foot. Further details were not known on Thursday morning, the spokesman said.
Late on Wednesday evening, several people called 911 and reported shots fired. Police officers found three victims with gunshot wounds in the restaurant. Any help came too late for one of the people; he died at the scene.
The severity of the other two victims’ injuries was not known in the morning. The background also initially remains open.