Overview

• The 57-year-old Essen-Altendorf suspect remains at large after firing repeated shots into a 37-year-old’s apartment window and police have released images to solicit tips.
• Munich investigators are appealing for witnesses in the Obermenzing case after an autopsy confirmed the death of a reclusive 62-year-old was a homicide.
• In Großweitzschen and Eschwege, a 45-year-old and a 32-year-old respectively have been arrested on suspicion of killing elderly relatives during violent family disputes.
• Prosecutors report that four suspects, including two minors, are in custody in Zella-Mehlis after beating a 23-year-old with belts and spray before he drowned in a creek.
• A Hamburg court has sentenced a 33-year-old former partner to seven years in prison for the fatal balcony fall of a 36-year-old woman in August 2024.