Overview

• On July 4, a 40-year-old man fired a gas-pressure pistol from a third-floor apartment window on Gießerstraße in Chemnitz, striking a 41-year-old Ukrainian pedestrian in the arm.
• He was taken into provisional custody by heavily armed police units and escorted from the building in handcuffs with a cloth covering his head.
• The victim sustained a minor arm injury and received on-site treatment from rescue services.
• Gießerstraße was sealed off overnight as investigators secured the scene and gathered forensic evidence.
• The shooter’s motive remains under investigation as authorities prepare to present him before a magistrate and review potential links to earlier lone-actor attacks.