Krefeld (dpa) – In the center of Krefeld (North Rhine-Westphalia), a man was killed in the street on Monday evening. ‘There was a shot on Garnstrasse. One person died,” a police spokesman said at the request of the German news agency. Homicide is looking for two men.
Witnesses heard several shots at around 7:50 p.m. and saw two men flee into the darkness, investigators said Tuesday. A police spokesman said the 42-year-old man was known to police for drug and property offences. “Let’s not assume he’s a random victim.” One shot hit the victim in the head. His body was lying on the sidewalk after the crime. Now he will be autopsied, he said. The Albanian has been living in Germany for four years.
The next day, bullet holes were found in a mailbox and an intercom on the facade of a house at the scene of the crime. About 30 riot police officers searched under parked cars, in parks and on a railway embankment for the murder weapon. Homicide officers interrogated residents on the street.
It was initially unclear whether the victim was on a bicycle at the time of the crime. “There was a wheel at the crime scene, but it’s also possible that someone just knocked it over,” she said.
