Baden-Württemberg Suspect arrested after fatal shooting at company
A suspect has been arrested after fatal shots were fired at a company in the north of Baden-Württemberg. He was arrested in Seckach in the evening, the police announced late on Tuesday evening.
08.01.2025, 00:04
SDA
He is said to have entered a machine construction company in Bad Friedrichshall at around 5.45 p.m. wearing a mask and fired shots. Two men died, a third man was critically injured. According to the police, his life was still in danger late on Tuesday evening. Investigators had been searching for the fugitive for hours.
According to initial police findings, the victims were employees of the company. Other employees were on site during the crime, according to the investigators. They had been taken out of the building and questioned by the police, a spokeswoman said, without giving details of the number of employees present at the time of the crime. No shots were fired by the police.
The police wrote on Platform X earlier in the evening that a major police operation was currently underway. The police also emphasized later in the evening that there was no danger to the public.
"The police are on site with a large contingent", the police wrote in a statement. A special task force (SEK) and a police helicopter were also deployed. "The manhunt is in full swing," it said.
A homicide squad took over the investigation. Forensics are also being used. Among other things, they should clarify how many shots the perpetrator fired from a gun, it was said.
Company is the largest employer in the region, according to the mayor
The company in question produces gear wheels. It is family-owned and, by its own account, part of a manufacturer of storage and organization systems. The company has been manufacturing precision gears for more than five decades.
Mayor Timo Frey (CDU) expressed his concern. The company is well-known in the region and is a major employer, he told the German Press Agency. He estimated that up to 400 people worked for the company. He was initially unable to provide any further information.
Bad Friedrichshall has around 20,000 inhabitants and is located in the district of Heilbronn in the north of Baden-Württemberg. The town is part of the so-called European metropolitan region of Stuttgart. After Neckarsulm, Eppingen and Bad Rappenau, Bad Friedrichshall is the fourth-largest town in the district.
