An eleven-member team from the Vorarlberg State Criminal Police Office is currently investigating a shootout in Salzburg-Leopoldskron, in which a 36-year-old and a 28-year-old police officer were seriously injured.
In addition to surveys, additional evidence protection measures and evidence analyzes are running, the message says. One focus is on the assignment of projectiles and cartridge cases to the respective firearms of the Glock 17 type, 9 mm caliber. The situation at the crime scene is also currently being reconstructed. According to the results of the previous investigation, it was confirmed that the Anzeiger, the attacker’s 42-year-old brother, was referred to the police after a call from the Christian Doppler Clinic and reported the matter there immediately afterwards via an emergency call.
Prosecutors are investigating both men
During the official act at the scene of the crime, a 28-year-old police officer was injured by a shot on the left arm. Another projectile hit the officer in the chest area and got stuck in a radio, which he carried in his uniform jacket.
The 36-year-old was hit by two projectiles in the upper body. The public prosecutor’s office in Salzburg has now ordered an investigation against the 36-year-old attacker on suspicion of attempted homicide and to check the lawfulness of firearm use by the 23-year-old police officer.
The suspect has not yet been interviewed.
36-year-old and police officer out of danger
According to the current status of information from the treating doctors, the two injured are out of danger, a spokeswoman for the Salzburg State Police Directorate said on APA request. As for the exact crime scene, the firing and the Background of the incident in Salzburg’s Leopoldskron district concerns, one still has to wait until the evaluations of the previous investigation and the result of further investigation steps.
36-year-old “shot down” according to father
The father of the 36-year-old spoke to the media about an excessive police operation. His son had apparently lost his nerve on Thursday morning due to water damage in the family home. He tore out the broken tap and then jumped out of a window. Then he smashed a window of the house with a stone.
The brother of the 36-year-old did not call the police but a clinic, the father said. But the police came. His son was then “shot down”. This had no weapon and had not hit anyone. Faced with the father’s statements, the police spokeswoman said on Friday that the results of the investigation would have to be awaited in order to deny or confirm this information.
(Those: APA)
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