Overview

• A masked assailant emerged from bushes at an isolated lot near the A540 and fired eight times at a 52-year-old from Sigmaringen.
• Two shots struck the man's legs, and he remains hospitalized where police are taking his statement.
• The victim said he arrived by taxi from Cologne to collect a truck, with the driver witnessing the attack.
• Searches with a helicopter and dogs found neither the roughly 1.80-meter-tall shooter nor the firearm.
• Detectives say the victim was likely targeted and have appealed for witnesses to contact authorities.