–Shortly before 10 a.m. on July 15, the police received an emergency call: A witness reported that an unknown man was handling a firearm in a heavily frequented public space. In the area Schmiedgasse / Albrechtgasse there should also have been a loud firing of shots.
Several available Graz police patrols and various support forces were then deployed. Also Police Service Dog Stripesthe task force Cobra as well as the readiness unit (BE) and the Rapid intervention group (SIG) have been alerted.
Just a few minutes later, police officers were in the entrance area of an office building in the Kaiserfeldgasse a person matching the description. The 25-year-old from Graz entered ferret with him, as stated by witnesses.
The police found the weapon apparently used in the backpack parked next to him. It was about one deceptively real-looking CO2 weapon. The 25-year-old had briefly supervised both the animal and the weapon for a friend in office.
Shortly thereafter, police officers also found the gun owner himself, as the 31-year-old Slovakian from Graz known to the police just left the office building. No dangerous objects were found during a search of the man.
During his interrogation at the Graz-Schmiedgasse police station, the 31-year-old finally denied firing a shot. The man did not intend any bad intentions or threats either. Police officers secured the gun and issued a temporary gun ban. The pistol is subsequently examined by forensic technicians at the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) in Styria. The 31-year-old is reported on suspicion of violating the Weapons Act.
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