Man shot dead in Erfurt - perpetrator on the run
In Thuringia's Erfurt, a man was shot at night on Thursday. According to the police, the suspected perpetrator is on the run and could be armed. The population's safety cannot be ruled out.
In Erfurt, a man was shot to death on Thursday night. The 39-year-old man was reportedly shot on a free area in the northern part of Erfurt, according to the investigating public prosecutor's office Erfurt. A suspect is on the run and may be armed. He is being sought. "We cannot currently exclude a threat to the population," warned the police in a short message on X. A murder investigation is being carried out against the suspect.
The public prosecutor's office did not comment on the matter when asked if it was manslaughter or murder. The victim was from Erfurt. According to information from MDR, the incident is believed to have occurred in the drug milieu, and the fleeing suspect is a 48-year-old man. The man was reportedly hit by two shots with shotgun ammunition in the back and died at the scene. Prior to the incident, there were reportedly murder threats against him, according to MDR.
The public prosecutor's office initially refused to provide further details due to ongoing investigations. The incident reportedly occurred a half hour before midnight. A large-scale police operation was still ongoing on Thursday morning.
Among those involved were employees of the forensic medicine department of the University Hospital Jena, investigators from the Criminal Police Erfurt, and officials from the Thuringian State Criminal Police Office. The area around the suspected crime scene was cordoned off. The police are looking for witnesses who can provide information about the incident or the fleeing suspect.
The suspect, a 48-year-old man, is being sought for the murder of a 39-year-old man in Erfurt, an International city in Thuringia, Germany. The fleeing man may be armed and the public's safety is currently not guaranteed, as warned by the police.
