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Police Shoot Suspect After Ulm Electronics Store Stabbing

State authorities have opened an independent review of the officers’ use of firearms.

Overview

  • The attack occurred around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday inside an electronics store in Ulm, where a 29-year-old man stabbed two people.
  • A 25-year-old victim is in critical intensive care and a 22-year-old suffered light injuries.
  • Police say the suspect threatened officers with a knife and refused to drop it before they opened fire, and he remains hospitalized in intensive care.
  • The Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg, in coordination with the Ulm public prosecutor, is investigating the police gunfire, while Ulm police are handling the stabbing case.
  • Authorities report the suspect has prior violent convictions and was released from prison in December 2025, and prosecutors plan to seek an arrest warrant with no motive identified so far.