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.
- 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.
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 emergency services were called to a private house in the Straberg district of Dormagen at around 4 p.m. because of a possible violence in the family .
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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