Bloody crime in Bad Friedrichshall: Police arrest suspected perpetrator!

A tragic incident occurred on Tuesday evening in Bad Friedrichshall, Baden-Württemberg: two men were fatally injured and another man was critically injured in a shooting at a mechanical engineering company. The police have arrested a 52-year-old suspect, who is apparently also an employee of the company ludwigsburg24.com reported.

Witnesses reported that the perpetrator entered the company premises wearing a mask and opened fire on his victims in the late afternoon, around 5:45 p.m. The two men killed and the injured man were also employees of the company, which has been producing precision gears for over five decades. Other employees were nearby during the crime and were subsequently questioned by the police. A homicide squad took over the investigation, while forensics were deployed to clarify the background to the incident.

Arrest and reactions

The suspect was arrested in Seckach in the Neckar-Odenwald district using a special operations team (SEK). The investigations by the Heilbronn Criminal Police Department are still ongoing, but no further details have been published yet tagesschau.de reported.

The police made it clear that the situation did not pose any danger to the population. Mayor Timo Frey expressed shock at the incidents and emphasized the importance of the company as a well-known employer in the region with up to 400 employees. Further information on the ongoing investigation and the condition of the injured will be published by the public prosecutor and the police in the coming days.