There was a gunshot incident in Stuttgart on Friday evening, in which a man was seriously injured. According to the police, witnesses reported shots around 9:10 p.m. in the area of ​​a restaurant in the northern district of Zuffenhausen. The injured man was taken to the hospital.

An immediately initiated search for the perpetrators using a helicopter was unsuccessful, according to the police. In the course of the search measures, the S-Bahn stops at Zuffenhausen and Neuwirtshaus were temporarily closed. The police has started investigation.

In the past few weeks, there have been repeated firearm incidents around Stuttgart. The police said it was being checked whether there was a connection to the most recent case.