The background is still unclear: shots were fired in the southern part of Nuremberg in the evening. Two men are seriously wounded, one of whom later dies from his injuries. Investigators later found a gun at the crime scene.
A man was killed in a shot in the southern part of Nuremberg on Monday evening. Another was seriously injured. Around 8 p.m. there was a violent altercation between several people, a police spokesman said. According to initial findings, several shots were fired and two men were seriously injured. Both were taken to a hospital, where one of the injured later died.
The homicide commission has started investigating the background to the incident. According to information from the “Nürnberger Nachrichten”, the investigators found a weapon at the scene of the crime, most likely a murder weapon. A suspect has not yet been arrested and a large-scale manhunt is underway.
The police in Central Franconia had announced on Twitter in the evening that there was a larger police operation with numerous emergency services in Landgrabenstraße because of an attempted homicide. The area should be avoided, it said.