ITwo people died from gunshots in a grocery store in Treysa in the Schwalm-Eder district of North Hesse. The police announced on Tuesday. The police were on site within a few minutes with numerous forces and cordoned off the area around the market. The background to the act of violence is currently still unclear, as a spokesman for the FAZ announced. According to the officials, the man shot a woman, shortly afterwards he turned the gun on himself. According to the police, the incident happened shortly after 1 p.m. “Two people were found dead in the market,” officials wrote. There is currently no information on the involvement of other people. The man is said to be a 58-year-old, the woman was said to be 53 years old. Their relationship to each other has so far remained unclear.
The “Hessische Niedersächsische Allgemeine” (HNA) had previously reported, citing a witness, that the man had initially followed a woman in an Aldi branch. She called out loud for help, but was then shot by her pursuer. Then the man shot himself. The fact that it was a possible relationship act is currently speculation, the police told the FAZ. Apparently, the police are more likely to have a private motive and not a rampage. There is “no danger to the population,” said a spokesman.
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As the witness described, many customers did not notice the crime at first. It would have sounded like a broken glass, the woman told the HNA. Only then did they realize what had happened.
The course of events is now to be reconstructed primarily through witness statements and video recordings from the market. The securing of evidence is expected to continue until late in the evening, maybe even into the night. A support center has been set up for witnesses and those affected, the police wrote on Twitter.
The Hessian state parliament president Astrid Wallmann (CDU) reacted to the news during a state parliament session and thanked the emergency services in Schwalmstadt. According to information from the Hessischer Rundfunk, the state parliament interrupted its session. Wallmann expressed heartfelt condolences to the relatives on behalf of the state parliament. She informed the MPs between two speeches in the plenary debate that followed the government statement by Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU).
For several decades, Treysa has been the largest district of Schwalmstadt, which is about 40 minutes by car east of Marburg. About 18,000 people live in the city.