Alleged police officer killer was known to the authorities

The search pressure was too strong in the end: After the fatal shots on The publicly wanted suspect turned himself in to two police officers in the Palatinate. The 38-year-old from the Saarland district of Neunkirchen was arrested around 13 hours after the brutal bloody crime in front of a house in Saarland’s Sulzbach by special police forces, as a police spokesman in Kaiserslautern reported on Monday evening. The suspect had previously reported to the police through a lawyer.

A short time later, a 32-year-old second suspect was arrested without resistance in the house in a residential area. The investigation should reveal the connection between him and the fatal shots at the 24-year-old police candidate and the 29-year-old chief inspector. Both men are German and initially did not comment on the matter. The 38-year-old was to be brought before the magistrate on Tuesday.

The search measures continued, however, because it could not be ruled out that there were other accomplices. Weapons, among other things, were seized during searches. The connection between these and the crime is not yet certain.

The police had previously publicly searched for the game dealer from the Neunkirchen district. According to dpa information, the investigators found the suspect’s papers at the crime scene. According to information from security circles, the man had been noticed by the police in the past for hitting the nail on the head and is said to have a gun permit.

«He was a absolutely good »

The police candidate, who studied at the Rhineland-Palatinate Police University in the Hunsrück, and the chief inspector were on early morning at around 4:20 a.m. during a traffic check on a district road in the Palatinate. According to information from security circles, the civil patrol had previously reported by radio that dead game had been found in a vehicle. Later they reported “They are shooting”.

The policeman is said to have fired several more shots at the crime scene. It was initially unclear whether it was a warning shot or whether the officer injured a suspect. According to the first findings, the two arrested men were unharmed, reports the Saarland police.

The young policewoman’s weapon was obviously not used, her pistol was still in the holster. According to the police, the 24-year-old died immediately. The 29-year-old officer from Kusel was initially still alive, but died when the rescue workers arrived, a police spokesman reported. “He was absolutely good,” said a colleague sadly. Like the two suspects, both victims came from Saarland.

On the road as a civil patrol

The two police officers were on a routine trip as a civilian patrol, but wore uniforms and safety vests, as a spokeswoman for the Kaiserslautern police said. The deadly shots were fired in the dark on Kreisstrasse 22 in Ulmet in the Kusel district in the western Palatinate. According to what first became known about what happened, the officers had probably already approached the vehicle and started checking when the shots were fired.

That the two police officers were shot in the head were not confirmed by the police at first. However, the protective vests reached from the hips to the neck, so this is likely. The police assumed that an autopsy would be ordered. It was initially unclear how many shots were fired in total.

The Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer and Interior Minister Roger Lewentz were “deeply shocked” by the deadly shots. “Our thoughts are with the relatives,” said a statement from the two SPD politicians in Mainz. The Prime Minister ordered mourning flags in the country. Black ribbons are provided for all patrol cars in the country. Other federal states also followed this step for their police officers.

Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) said: “Regardless of the motive behind the act: this act is reminiscent of an execution, and it shows that police officers risk their lives every day for our security.»

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