Hamburg Elbphilharmonie gunman, 68, found dead in suspected suicide
Police said the gunman who wounded a woman and a man near Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie was later found dead in a hotel room at the venue, in an apparent suicide.
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Police confirm bodies found near Stuttgart are the suspect's wife, 65, and father-in-law, 90.
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A woman and a man were shot and wounded in Hamburg's HafenCity district on Tuesday morning, close to the Elbphilharmonie concert hall, before the suspected gunman was later found dead in a room at the venue's hotel, police said. No further injuries have been reported since the shooting; investigators believe the gunman killed himself.
The shooting happened on the street Am Kaiserkai, about 150 to 200 metres from the Elbphilharmonie, at around 8:50am, according to Der Spiegel, NDR and Tagesspiegel. The woman was hit in the neck, the man in the hip or pelvis area, NDR reported; both were taken to hospital.
Police mounted a large operation, deploying a special forces unit (SEK) and around a dozen patrol-car crews, while searching for the suspect near the Elbphilharmonie. The concert hall and its plaza were evacuated and cordoned off, NDR and Der Spiegel reported. The suspected gunman, named by police only as a 68-year-old man from Baden-Württemberg, was later found dead in a room at the venue's hotel. A police spokesperson said he appeared to have taken his own life.
Hamburg's murder squad has taken over the investigation. Police said there were signs the shooting was linked to a dispute within the suspect's family.
Police said two bodies found earlier in the suspect's home in Eningen unter Achalm, near Stuttgart, were his wife, 65, and his father-in-law, 90, according to NDR. He is suspected of shooting them before travelling to Hamburg, Tagesspiegel reported; police have confirmed the link between the two cases.
A children's concert scheduled at the Elbphilharmonie on Tuesday morning went ahead as planned, the venue said, adding that everything was safe. Residents nearby had earlier been asked to stay indoors while officers searched the area.
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What we know
- 1 outlet · Heute, Der Spiegel +6 A woman and a man were shot and wounded on Am Kaiserkai in Hamburg's HafenCity, about 150-200 metres from the Elbphilharmonie, at around 8:50am on Tuesday.
- 2+ outlets · Stern, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung +3 The suspected gunman, a 68-year-old man from Baden-Württemberg, was later found dead in a room at the Elbphilharmonie's hotel; police believe he took his own life.
- Police identified two bodies found earlier at the suspect's home near Stuttgart as his wife, 65, and father-in-law, 90; he is suspected of shooting them before travelling to Hamburg, and police have confirmed the link between the two cases.
- Hamburg's murder squad has taken over the case.
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Why it matters for Europe
The shooting, and the scale of the police response including a special forces unit, shut down part of Hamburg's HafenCity tourist district on a weekday morning, a few hundred metres from a concert hall that was hosting a children's audience at the time. Police have now confirmed the case is linked to a double killing in Baden-Württemberg, pointing to a family dispute that crossed state lines before ending at one of Germany's best-known concert venues.
Updates
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Police confirm bodies found near Stuttgart are the suspect's wife, 65, and father-in-law, 90.
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Gunman, 68, found dead in an apparent suicide at the Elbphilharmonie's hotel, police say.
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- Heute: Verletzte nach Schüssen in Hamburg – Schütze flüchtig
- Der Spiegel: Hamburg: Großeinsatz nahe der Elbphilharmonie – zwei Verletzte
- NDR: Verletzte nach Schüssen in der Hamburger Hafencity
- Tagesspiegel: Großeinsatz der Polizei in Hamburg: Zwei Verletzte nach Schüssen nahe der Elbphilharmonie
- Zeit Online: Kriminalität: Zwei Verletzte durch Schüsse in der Hamburger Hafencity
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Questions and answers
- What happened near Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie?
- A woman and a man were shot and wounded nearby on Tuesday morning, before the suspected gunman was found dead in a hotel room at the venue.
- Is the gunman in custody?
- No. Police said the 68-year-old suspect was found dead in an apparent suicide at the Elbphilharmonie's hotel.
- Is the shooting linked to deaths in Baden-Württemberg?
- Yes. Police confirmed the two bodies found at the suspect's home near Stuttgart were his wife and father-in-law, and he is suspected of shooting them before travelling to Hamburg.
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