Shots fired on highway - Man shot at passing truck - man charged
The public prosecutor's office in Fulda has charged a truck driver with shooting on the Autobahn 7. They accuse the 43-year-old of firing two steel bullets from the window of a truck at a passing truck. The driver of the other truck was lucky; he was not hit and remained unharmed. He was at the time traveling at a speed of 80 km/h in the left lane.
The investigators believe that the incident on January 23rd of this year could have had much more serious consequences. The 43-year-old is therefore also charged with attempted murder. At the time of the incident, he was stuck in traffic with his own vehicle and managed to escape unnoticed.
The suspect was arrested several weeks later near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. The police found in his truck a compressed air pistol, a large amount of steel bullet ammunition, a machete, and a slingshot with pebbles. The motive is still unclear. The Regional Court of Fulda now has to decide whether to allow the indictment. If so, the trial will be scheduled.
The truck driver, facing charges in Fulda, denies any happiness derived from the crime on the A7 freeway. His alleged weapon, a compressed air pistol, was discovered in his seized vehicle. The public prosecutor's office in Hesse is meticulously processing the case, aiming for justice. Despite the seriousness of the incident, which occurred in January, the suspect managed to evade authorities until his arrest in Lower Saxony.
