Shots in Hanover: three people injured on Christmas night – perpetrators escaped
Created: 12/25/2022 7:59 am
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
View of Scholvinstrasse in downtown Hanover.
© Swen Pförtner/dpa
Three people were injured by shots on Sunday night in downtown Hanover.
The perpetrator is on the run.
Hanover – Shots and ricochets injured three people in downtown Hanover early Sunday morning.
As a police spokeswoman explained on Sunday, disputes had arisen in a dance hall on Scholvinstraße for reasons that were not yet clear.
According to the information, one person was initially allegedly injured by a headbutt.
Shots in Hanover: three people injured on Christmas night – perpetrators escaped
Shortly thereafter, the argument between the alleged perpetrator and the victim and two of his friends is said to have shifted to the street.
In front of the establishment, the alleged perpetrator is said to have injured two of the men with at least two shots in one leg.
A ricochet also injured a security employee.
The alleged shooter is said to have been with other people who all fled after the crime.
The incident happened just before 3 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Further backgrounds are currently being investigated by the police.
Fatal shots only occurred in Albstadt this week, and the police arrested a man shortly afterwards.
He leads the officers to a woman's corpse - in his garden.
