Quedlinburg / Saxony-Anhalt: man shot dead in the street – perpetrator escapes by bicycle

Update on September 1 at 10:20 am: The background is still not completely clear at first: a man is shot in the street and killed on the scene. Police have now released details about the victim. This is a 73-year-old man from Quedlinburg (Saxony-Anhalt). Witnesses will be heard on Tuesday. After the first clues, the suspect fled by bicycle. Police are still searching for the suspect. An immediate search with helicopters and sniffer dogs was unsuccessful Monday night. The Kripo has formed a special commission and, according to its own statements, is investigating “initially on suspicion of murder.”

Witnesses heard multiple gunshots Monday night around 6.45pm on Julius-Wolff-Strasse in Quedlinburg and later found the injured party lying lifeless on the street.

The perpetrator fled by bicycle: a man is shot in the street, witnesses have to see everything

First report of September 1, 2020

Quedlinburg – A man with fatal gunshot wounds was found on the street in Quedlinburg (Saxony-Anhalt) on Monday night. Eyewitnesses alerted the police. He is said to have seen him shot to death by a man, a police spokesman said. The attacker then fled into the city center by bicycle.

Quedlinburg: a man is shot in the street – witnesses see it all

At night, police searched for the suspect with a helicopter and secured tracks at the scene. Other antecedents were not yet clear. Initially, the police did not provide any information about the identity of the deceased. Various media had previously reported.(ml with dpa material)