A man was shot dead on the street in downtown Krefeld on Monday evening. “There was a shot fired on Garnstrasse. One person has died,” a police spokesman said. He did not give any further details, but referred to a statement on Tuesday.
The investigations were ongoing. A search was made for suspects.
According to eyewitness accounts, the incident happened shortly before 8 p.m. A spokesman for the Krefeld public prosecutor confirmed that the first indications were given shortly before 8 p.m. The background of the fact was unclear.
According to “Bild”, the dead man is a 42-year-old cyclist who was shot in the back of the head from a short distance. The “Rheinische Post” reports, citing the police, that an Albanian with a criminal past has died.
