EA man died after being shot in a shop in Dinslaken in North Rhine-Westphalia. The 47-year-old business owner stated on Monday that he had been attacked by three strangers in the printing shop and sprayed with tear gas, police and public prosecutors in Duisburg said. He defended himself against the attackers with a firearm. The business owner met a 36-year-old who was seriously injured. He received emergency medical attention but died in hospital shortly after the afternoon incident.
The 47-year-old was arrested, according to the police spokesman. His interrogation was still ongoing early in the evening. The man stated that the two other strangers had fled. They were wanted. According to the information, they were not caught in the evening. A witness heard shots in the afternoon and alerted the police. A homicide commission took up the investigation.
It was initially unclear where the 47-year-old got the gun and whether he owned it legally. He is said to have connections in the rocker milieu. But that doesn’t mean that the incident “has a rocker connection,” said the police spokesman. The background is still unclear.
The crime scene in the district of Wesel was cordoned off over a large area and traces secured. “There are a lot of police officers on site,” said the spokesman. Several media such as bild.de and WDR had reported on the large-scale operation.
Little was known about the person who was killed shortly after the shots were fired. “Nothing is known about him yet, not even whether he has ever had a criminal record.”
