Court Orders Psychiatric Detention for Teen Who Fatally Shot Father

A 19-year-old from Baden-Württemberg was found not criminally responsible for killing his father due to severe mental illness.

The 19-year-old fatally shot his father during a hunting trip in Mittelfranken on May 1, 2024.
The court ruled the young man was not criminally responsible due to a paranoid-hallucinatory disorder and ordered indefinite psychiatric detention.
The youth confessed the act to his mother and surrendered to the police shortly after the incident.
The decision, made by a youth court in Nürnberg-Fürth, is legally binding and will be reviewed periodically.
The trial was closed to the public due to the defendant's status as a young adult at the time of the crime.