Police have found the suspected gunman dead in a hotel in Hamburg’s HafenCity following a shooting on Tuesday. The 68-year-old man is believed to have shot two people in the area, leaving a woman with life-threatening injuries and a man seriously injured, a police spokesperson said.
He is also suspected of having killed two people earlier in Eningen, a municipality near Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg. Their bodies were discovered in an apartment during the search for the suspect.
Special police forces discovered the man's body in a hotel in Hamburg’s HafenCity, an area that is also home to the Elbphilharmonie concert hall. According to police, he is believed to have died by suicide following the shooting.
The hours-long search for the suspect also led to a police operation in Baden-Württemberg. A spokesperson for Reutlingen Police Headquarters said officers had been deployed to the municipality of Eningen following a tip-off from Hamburg. Two bodies were discovered inside an apartment. Authorities are now investigating whether the deaths in Eningen are connected to the shooting in Hamburg.
Hamburg police said the background to the incident is believed to be family-related. According to police, there was no threat to the general public.
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