Overview
- In Wendelstein near Nuremberg, SEK officers shot a 25-year-old who police say threatened suicide and confronted them with an apparent firearm and a knife; he is in critical condition as the BLKA and the Nürnberg–Fürth prosecutor review whether the shots were lawful.
- In Schongau, a 42-year-old was found with life-threatening gunshot wounds; a 62-year-old present was placed in psychiatric care and is being investigated for a possible failure to render aid as investigators work to clarify the circumstances.
- Near Warburg in North Rhine–Westphalia, a 23-year-old hunter died after being struck by a shot during a group hunt, with police treating the case as a likely tragic accident and pursuing inquiries including possible negligent homicide.
- In Menden in the Sauerland, police and firefighters found six neglected children aged 2 to 11, who were medically checked and placed in youth-welfare custody as officers seized narcotics and opened cases over child endangerment and drug offenses.
- At Dortmund main station, federal police confiscated a golden blank-firing pistol with ammunition from a 15-year-old, who now faces proceedings for violating weapons laws.