Overview

• On May 3, police responded to reports of a knife-wielding man at Altenerding S-Bahn station around 19:10.
• The 31-year-old suspect advanced toward officers with a knife, ignoring repeated commands to drop the weapon.
• Officers fired multiple warning shots before shooting the suspect in the leg, causing a non-life-threatening thigh injury.
• The Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt and the Landshut prosecutor’s office are conducting a procedural review of the police use of firearms.
• Train services on the S2 line were disrupted for 3.5 hours during the incident but have since resumed normal operations.