Overview
- The shooting, which occurred Saturday evening on Bromberger Straße in Heide, left a 40-year-old man critically wounded who later stabilized in hospital and is now responsive.
- Police arrested the victim’s 45-year-old life partner and a judge at Amtsgericht Itzehoe issued pretrial detention for the suspect on the charge of dangerous bodily harm with a weapon, citing flight risk.
- Officers searched the scene and the surrounding area and recovered a pistol that investigators say is likely the weapon; forensic testing and evidence analysis are still pending.
- The Bezirkskriminalinspektion Itzehoe is leading the inquiry into motive and sequence of events and has asked witnesses to come forward to Kriminalpolizei Itzehoe at 04821 6020.
- No names have been released and next steps include forensic examination of the seized firearm, witness interviews, and a reconstruction of the exact timeline to determine what happened and why.