Overview
- A confrontation behind a gas station on Harburger Straße escalated into multiple reported gunshots during the late-evening hours, and no one was reported injured.
- Officers from Stade and Bereitschaftspolizei searched the scene and found a group of five to six youths before provisionally detaining a 14-year-old and an 18-year-old.
- The two detainees were questioned at the station and now face investigations for dangerous bodily harm and attempted homicide (versuchter Totschlag).
- Witnesses in the five-person victim group say one person struck others with an object and a second person then drew a weapon and fired multiple shots, but police say further probes must confirm whether the weapon was a live firearm.
- Investigators have collected evidence at the scene with sniffer dogs and are continuing forensic tests and witness interviews; the suspects were already known to police, which may shape juvenile and criminal procedures going forward.