Overview
- Police opened an attempted homicide investigation after a 43-year-old called for help Sunday evening and was found on Eggenreuther Weg with a gunshot wound to the face.
- Doctors operated overnight and he remains in intensive care, with police reporting he is no longer in immediate life-threatening condition.
- A 22-year-old German was identified during early inquiries and taken into custody, with prosecutors applying for pretrial detention ahead of his presentation to an investigating judge.
- According to the victim’s initial account, the shooting happened during a meeting with two other men in the Brucker Lache woodland northeast of Eggenreuther Weg, and a later formal interview was not possible.
- Search operations in Erlangen’s Bruck district continue to identify a second suspect, including neighborhood canvassing, deployment of search dogs, and appeals for witnesses.