LOOK reader reporter
This man (41) fired several shots in Zurich on Saturday evening.
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Shots at Zurich’s Langstrasse district! A dispute between two men at the Langstrasse / Hohlstrasse intersection in District 4 escalated on Saturday evening, just after 9 p.m. Suddenly one of the two men, a Swiss (41), pulls a gun. The shooter threatens his opponent with a firearm.
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The shooter’s companion, a Swiss woman (37), stands between the two men and wants to finish. But the shooter pulls the trigger. Several shots can be heard. BLICK has exclusive recordings of the argument. The adversary then escapes on the Hohlstrasse towards the bakery.
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Gunman (41) arrested by police
The shooter and his companion also disappear from the scene. Bypassing the Zurich city police. The couple can be stopped and arrested in the wake of the immediate local area search not far from the crime scene, as reported by the Zurich City Police. Both were taken to a police station for further investigation.
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The suspicion that the woman was involved in the crime has not been substantiated. She was released after the police questioning. The 41-year-old Swiss, on the other hand, who is the alleged shooter, was brought up to the public prosecutor.
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The firearm was secured while firing. At the request of BLICK, the Zurich City Police do not want to comment on whether the handgun is a pistol or a weapon with live ammunition. “Since it is an ongoing investigation,” explains Michael Walker, spokesman for the Zurich City Police. According to the current state of the investigation, the police have no knowledge of injured people.
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Police are looking for unknown adversary
The specialists at the Forensic Institute secured traces at the crime scene. However, the unknown man involved in the dispute is still unknown.
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It is also unclear whether the opponent, a 30-year-old man, was injured by the gunfire. The stranger, who is about 1.70 meters tall, wore black trousers and a black bomber jacket with a white inscription on his back during the argument. And also spoke Swiss German.
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The police are looking for witnesses who can provide information about the shots in the Langstrasse district. The further investigations are carried out by the public prosecutor’s office I for serious violent crime and the cantonal police in Zurich.
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