After shots fired from apartment: police discover blank gun!

After shots fired from apartment: police discover blank gun!

On the night of February 23, 2025, around 12:30 a.m., the Innsbruck police were alerted after numerous shots were reported from an apartment on Fischnalerstrasse. Several teams from the city police command and the rapid intervention group as well as the “Cobra” task force arrived immediately. The adjacent road area was briefly closed to ensure safety and bring the situation under control 5min.at reported.

Fortunately, the emergency services were unable to find any people when they searched the apartment in question. However, they found numerous shell casings and packaging material for blank gun ammunition on the balcony. The operation was ended after this discovery. Shortly afterwards, a 24-year-old Austrian volunteered at the Hötting police station and confessed to having shot out the window with a blank pistol. The Tyrol police announced that a temporary weapons ban had been issued against the man. The reasons for his behavior are still unclear, as stated in a recent report by today.at is mentioned.