At the end of a police operation in Dormagen (North Rhine-Westphalia), two people were dead. The suspect apparently killed his father and was then shot by the advancing officers. The investigation is ongoing.
- A police operation fatally ended on Saturday (April 25) in Dormagen in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- An officer shot a suspect.
- He is said to have previously killed his father and injured his mother.
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"Those who were there are either dead or could not be heard," said a spokesman for the prosecutor in Düsseldorf on Monday.
Patrol officers have probably shot a 40-year-old. Whether this was justified remains to be determined. Investigators assume that the 40-year-old killed his father. The wife and mother of the two killed survived. Nor could she be heard yet.
The 74-year-old father's body has now been autopsied. However, the body had a variety of injuries, which made the reconstruction of the event difficult.
According to initial information, it was said that the son had shot his father. Express.de reports on Tuesday that "blunt violence has acted on the father's body". And refers to a spokesman for the prosecutor.
The 40-year-old had no previous criminal record and was “a blank slate” under criminal law, the prosecutor said on Monday. According to the investigators, they investigate evidence of a mental illness in the man.
Bloody deed in Dormagen - more details known
Update from April 26, 2020: One day after the family tragedy in Dormagen in North Rhine-Westphalia , further details on the incident are known. According to information from the German Press Agency, the suspect is 40 years old . As the prosecutor announced on Sunday, there are important indications that the 74-year-old father was killed by his son.
On Sunday, nothing was known about the background to the crime and a possible motive. What is certain, however, is that the wife of the killed father and mother of the son survived the tragedy . Now a homicide commission is investigating a suspected homicide against the 40-year-old suspect. Is determined also well to the shot by the police . The forces who had been called to the parents' house on Saturday fired a shot at the 40-year-old he died from, according to the information.
First report from April 25, 2020:
Dormagen - A family tragedy with a bloody end apparently took place in Dormagen in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday. As the police in Neuss and the public prosecutor's office in Düsseldorf report, a suspect was fatally injured during an operation . In addition, another dead person was found in the house that the officials visited. A murder commission headed by the Düsseldorf police headquarters took over the further investigations. There is suspicion of a homicide .
Family tragedy in Dormagen: man is said to have killed father and injured mother
According to information from the Rheinische Post, a man is said to have shot his father and then injured his mother. Police and rescue services were due to a possible act of violence within the family been called to 16 clock to the private house in Dormagen district Straberg.
The officials would then have entered the building because the threat situation to the residents was not clear. In the house they must have met the suspect . According to the report, one of the police officers shot him and injured him so severely that attempts at resuscitation could not save him . He died on the spot.
Family tragedy: Many questions remain unanswered
The emergency services involved were then looked after by a psychosocial support service .
It was not initially known whether the shot suspect was carrying a gun and possibly threatening the police with it. The same applies to the motive of his alleged act . Neither the police nor the public prosecutor's office disclosed the identity and age of the two victims .
A spokeswoman for the police also said nothing about further backgrounds and details on Saturday evening. Probably for tactical reasons , because the case is not yet closed.
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