Overview

• Officers were dispatched on May 28 to a municipal facility in Mechernich at the request of the social psychiatric service to transport a 50-year-old resident to a clinic.
• Authorities report that the man allegedly brandished a knife and attacked officers, prompting one to fire a single shot.
• The bullet wound left the man critically injured and he was immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
• The Bonn Police Department assumed responsibility for the investigation for reasons of neutrality and is collaborating with the Bonn Public Prosecutor’s Office.
• The case has drawn scrutiny over police use of force during mental health interventions and highlights calls for greater transparency in welfare checks.