Munich Police Fire Warning Shot, Use Pepper Spray to Subdue Knife-Wielding Man in Unterföhring

Overview

• Officers were alerted around 9:20 a.m. Sunday to an aggressive man outside a property on Fichtenstraße in Unterföhring.
• The 42-year-old held a knife and a wine bottle and advanced toward police despite orders to drop them.
• A warning shot was fired into the air and pepper spray was used, after which the man was arrested following resistance.
• Two officers sustained minor injuries during the arrest, and the suspect was unharmed.
• Kommissariat 26 took over the case and is investigating suspected resistance, assault on enforcement officers, and dangerous bodily harm.