Overview

• Preliminary autopsy results state the 34-year-old officer died from blood loss after six gunshot wounds, including shots fired when he was already on the ground.
• Prosecutors say an 18-year-old who allegedly robbed a petrol station with a rounded cutlery knife seized a police sidearm during the struggle and opened fire.
• The suspect was hit by two police shots, remains in intensive care, and faces a detention order on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and particularly serious robbery.
• A homicide commission is leading the case as authorities review taser use, analyze toxicology, and seek a psychiatric opinion and potential applicability of youth criminal law.
• Separately, police are probing a likely homicide at Hannover’s Silbersee, a restraint-related death under review in Dresden, and a fatal post-match incident in Hamburg handled by a homicide unit.