German Cop Suspected of Killing Ex-Partner, Himself

Neighbors hear noises from an apartment in Lahr. There, a 37-year-old and the husband who lives separately from her. When the police arrive, she finds two corpses and a gun.

German cop suspected of killing ex-partner, himself

A German police officer is suspected of having used his service weapon to shot and kill his former partner before killing himself, police said on Thursday, reported dpa. Neighbours heard shots ringing out from an apartment building in the southern town of Lahr near the French border on Wednesday evening and alerted the police. Officers found two bodies as well as a gun "in the immediate vicinity" of the man's body. In a press release on Thursday…

The events date back to Wednesday, 14 May, at about 6.45 p.m. Several residents of a Lahr building warned the police after hearing ...

According to the finding of two dead people in an apartment in Lahr in Baden-Württemberg, new details have become known. As the police in Offenburg announced on Thursday, the one dead person is a 30-year-old police officer who may have shot his 37-year-old wife and then himself with his service weapon. There is a reasonable suspicion, but the exact course of the investigation is still subject to investigation. According to witnesses, the couple …

Police find two bodies and a weapon in the Black Forest after neighbors heard loud bangs. The next day, investigators know more about the alleged events – and the background.

After the discovery of two bodies in Lahr in the Black Forest, the investigators assume that a policeman shot his ex-partner and himself. "The handgun was the man's service weapon according to the current state of investigation," the report states. Source: dpa