Stralsund (dpa / mv) – The attempt by two drunk men in Stralsund to reenact a film scene ended with a gunshot wound to the head. A 61-year-old was hit by a cartridge from an airgun from a few meters away, a police spokeswoman reported on Monday. The man suffered a laceration. The bullet did not penetrate the head.

According to the police, four men celebrated together in a garden on Saturday evening. They would have had alcohol levels between 1.2 and 2.1. The 44-year-old shooter is now being investigated for dangerous bodily harm and violation of the weapons law. According to the police, the two men assumed that there was no ammunition in the weapon.