Overview
- Officers responded shortly after 11 p.m. to reports that a 47-year-old had ransacked his mother’s apartment on Platenstraße.
- Police say the man emerged holding a knife, ignored commands to drop it, and kept advancing after a warning shot.
- An officer fired a targeted shot that struck the man in the leg, and police provided first aid before he was taken to a hospital.
- The injury is described as not life-threatening, and the man remains under treatment following the late-night incident.
- The BLKA is conducting the standard review of the firearm use with the Staatsanwaltschaft Ansbach, and initial scene work was handled by the Kriminaldauerdienst, as witnesses reported a large police presence.