Shots rang out in the street.
Much is still unclear what actually happened on Monday evening in Quedlinburg (Saxony-Anhalt).
For a man, however, any help came too late.
The perpetrator is on the run.
A man was shot dead on the street in Quedlinburg (Saxony-Anhalt) on Monday evening.
Any help came too late for the victim.
The suspect is fleeting.
Update from September 1, 10:20 a.m
.: The background is still completely unclear at first: A man is shot on the street and dies at the scene.
The police have now released details about the victim.
This is a 73-year-old man from Quedlinburg (Saxony-Anhalt).
Witnesses are to be heard on Tuesday.
After the first clues, the suspect fled by bike.
The police are still looking for the suspect.
An immediately initiated search with helicopters and sniffer dogs was unsuccessful on Monday evening.
The Kripo has formed a special commission and, according to its own statements, is investigating "initially on suspicion of murder".
Witnesses heard several gunshots on Monday evening around 6.45 p.m. on Julius-Wolff-Strasse in Quedlinburg and then found the injured party lying lifeless on the street.
Yesterday, Monday evening, a 73-year-old man was shot dead on the street in Quedlinburg.
Press release ➡️ https://t.co/DFAlmmcSax
The criminal investigation department of the Magdeburg Police
Department
has set up a special commission to investigate the crime.
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- Police Magdeburg (@Polizei_MD) September 1, 2020
The perpetrator fled on a bicycle: man is shot in the street - eyewitnesses have to watch everything
First report from September 1, 2020
Quedlinburg - A man with fatal gunshot wounds was found on the street in Quedlinburg (Saxony-Anhalt) on Monday evening.
Eyewitnesses have alerted the police.
You are said to have seen him shot by a man, a police spokesman said.
The attacker then fled towards the city center on a bicycle.
Quedlinburg: man is shot in the street - eyewitnesses see everything
In the evening, the police searched for the suspect with a helicopter and secured traces at the scene.
Further backgrounds were still unclear.
The police initially did not provide any information about the identity of the deceased.
Several media had previously reported.
(ml with material from the dpa)