Overview
- A relative called around 4:15 a.m. from Kleinschwarzenlohe reporting suicide threats while gunshot sounds were heard on the phone.
- Multiple patrols responded and special forces were deployed after hours of unsuccessful de-escalation attempts.
- Around 7 a.m., SEK entered the house to secure the scene, where police report the man threatened them with an apparent firearm and a knife.
- Officers fired multiple shots, and investigators have yet to confirm how many rounds struck the man or whether he fired.
- The Landeskriminalamt and Kriminalpolizei sealed the home and are conducting forensic and legal reviews of the use of force.