Kirchheim unter Teck: shots in front of the shopping center – 2 dead

Created: 2022-02-16Updated: 2022-02-16, 10:25 p.m

Police officers and firefighters are at a supermarket.

Two people died from gunshots there © SDMG |

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Kirchheim unter Teck - shock on Wednesday evening in the small town!

At around 7:20 p.m. shots were fired in front of a supermarket.

A woman dies, the perpetrator is said to be dead too:

In Kirchheim unter Teck (near Stuttgart*) terrible scenes take place on Wednesday evening (February 16).

Around 7:30 p.m. shots were fired in front of the “Nanz” shopping center.

As the German press agency reported shortly thereafter, a woman and a man are said to have died.

The deceased was apparently the perpetrator, according to a spokesman for the Reutlingen police headquarters.

Other people are not injured.

There is also no danger to the population, as reported by HEIDELBERG24*.

Kirchheim unter Teck: shots in front of the shopping center – 2 dead

The background and motive for the terrible act in Kirchheim unter Teck are still completely unclear.

The exact course of events has not yet been clarified.

According to SWR information, the shots are said to have been fired in the parking lot and in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the organic market.

The perpetrator directed himself after the attack on the woman.

The dead are said to be "elderly" people.

To what extent the victim and perpetrator knew each other cannot be said at this time.

The police are on site and are conducting further investigations.

The crime scene is largely closed.

(dpa/jol) *

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