Two people were seriously injured by gunfire on Tuesday in Hamburg’s HafenCity district According to the Hamburg Police the shots were fired at around 8.50 am in the area of Am Kaiserkai. A 39-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police officers cordoned off a large area and launched a major search operation.
During the day, officers found the wanted man dead in a room at the hotel in the Elbphilharmonie. The discovery was made by a special operations unit as part of a search of the building. Investigators initially gave no further details about the dead man’s identity or cause of death. On Tuesday evening, police neither confirmed nor ruled out the possibility that someone else was responsible for the suspect’s death.
The Hamburg Public Prosecutor’s Office and Hamburg Police are investigating possible links to two deaths in Eningen near Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg, which were discovered on the same day. According to the authorities, criminal investigation and forensic examinations are needed before any reliable link can be established. No such link had been confirmed by the time this article went to press.
The incident in HafenCity caused major disruption to traffic. The area around the Elbphilharmonie was secured for a time, and visitors were asked to follow police instructions. State police, the fire service and ambulance crews were on the scene for several hours. Interior Senator Andy Grote praised the coordinated response in a difficult situation. No information was initially available about a specific motive, the weapon used or possible accomplices. The investigation is being conducted by Hamburg Public Prosecutor’s Office together with the criminal police.
Based on the facts confirmed by police so far, the following is established: the scene was Am Kaiserkai in HafenCity; shots were fired on Tuesday morning; two victims were seriously injured and are receiving hospital treatment; and a dead suspect was later found in a hotel room in the Elbphilharmonie after a special operations unit entered the building. Questions still to be answered include the motive, the exact weapon used, what happened before the shots were fired and any possible link to the deaths in Baden-Württemberg. The authorities say they will release further information after their initial assessments are complete.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).