Three people were shot dead this Friday in a residential building in southern Germany and two others were injured at a nearby home, police said. A suspect was arrested.
The shooting took place Friday night in Lengthyon the outskirts of the Bavarian city of Augsburg. Police said the suspect, a 64-year-old man, was detained, according to reports by the German news agency. DPA.
According to the version handled by the police, the suspect was possibly motivated by a personal dispute, although the investigators have indicated that at the moment they do not want to enter into “conjectures” about the reasons for the crime.
The suspect is believed to have shot two women, ages 49 and 72, and a 52-year-old man, killing them, before heading to another house on a nearby street.
There, he allegedly shot a 32-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man. Both were being treated at a hospital.