After the deadly shots in Asperg, Baden-Württemberg, it is clear: the region around Stuttgart has been the focus of investigators several times in the recent past.
Asperg - After the deadly shots in Asperg in the Stuttgart region in Baden-Württemberg, horror and helplessness prevailed in the region the day after the crime.
Shots were fired shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday night, and an 18-year-old was fatally hit.
Another teenager, also 18, survived with serious injuries.
Scores of people alerted the police after the shots echoed through the night.
However, in the hours after the crime, the public prosecutor and the police published only a few details.
Fatal shots in Asperg: arrest neither confirmed nor denied
As the dpa reports, investigators examined the gravel parking lot in the middle of Asperg more than twelve hours after the fact.
When asked by the dpa, a police spokesman did not want to confirm or deny whether a person was actually arrested in the mysterious case.
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The arrested person is therefore a young man from the region.
However, this was not officially confirmed until Sunday morning.
The fatal act occurred on the night of Saturday, April 8th, in a gravel parking lot in the Stuttgart region.
The act is one of a series of incidents that have caused a stir in the recent past.
Asperg is around 20 kilometers from Stuttgart.
In the past few weeks, there have been repeated incidents of shots being fired at people around the state capital of Baden-Württemberg.
It was only announced on Thursday that two young men had been arrested after shooting at an innkeeper in Plochingen in the Esslingen district.
Fatal attack in BaWü: Shots shot again and again in Stuttgart – incidents in the region are increasing
The State Criminal Police Office had set up an investigation group after similar incidents had increased in the Stuttgart/Göppingen region in recent weeks.
There were several injured.
The joint investigation should help to identify connections.
In the most recent Plochinger case, the investigators reportedly had success on the day of the crime and were able to arrest the men.
The 22-year-old was then taken into custody on Monday.
They are said to have shot the restaurant several times.
Its 34-year-old owner was injured.
He was able to leave the hospital quickly.
A similar act happened shortly before: Another innkeeper was shot in Plochingen on February 25th.
The man was probably more of a random victim: According to the information at the time, the 66-year-old had left the restaurant at night with guests because the noise of breaking glass could be heard.
When the group noticed two masked people in front of a broken barber shop window, they spoke to the suspects.
Then one of the two strangers shot – and hit the 66-year-old.
He was badly injured.
Also in February and March: Numerous incidents with firearms in the region around Stuttgart
Further incidents with shots occurred in the weeks before: At the end of February, a 21-year-old woman was shot at from a moving car in Eislingen/Fils (Göppingen district).
She was injured in the leg.
In mid-March, unknown persons shot a 32-year-old in Stuttgart.
Also last month, a man was shot in Hattenhofen (Göppingen district).
Mayor of Asperg comments after fatal shots
The public prosecutor's office and the police have not yet commented on possible connections between the crimes.
Detected in all directions.
According to Asperg's mayor Christian Eiberger (non-party), the city's population is in shock after the recent and also fatal act.
"This is a new dimension of violence that I could not have imagined," said Eiberger.
The crime scene is in the middle of town.
The crime scene, a gravel parking lot, was not known as a typical meeting place for young people, said Eiberger.
He was alerted by the fire brigade during the night and got an idea of the situation in the early hours of the morning.
He now hopes that the police will find the man quickly.
It is important that the population's sense of security is restored.
