Overview
- Shortly before midnight, a 22-year-old reportedly displayed what looked like a revolver during an argument with a 21-year-old in a multi-family building on Pfotenhauer Straße.
- The 21-year-old called police after the suspect left, leading to a larger operation that included specialist units from the state criminal office.
- Officers located the suspect a short time later at his apartment on Löwenhainer Straße in Dresden’s Seidnitz district.
- The recovered item was a toy revolver considered an imitation firearm, which police secured.
- Authorities say 27 officers were deployed until around 6 a.m., no injuries were reported, and a case for threat was opened against the 22-year-old German.