Man shot dead in Dingolfing – police expand search to Hesse
A 43-year-old man was shot at his front door in Dingolfing. Police find stolen number plate from Hesse and broaden investigation.
Fatal attack: police pursue new lead to Hesse
As kurier.de reports, police have discovered a stolen number plate from Hesse during their investigation into the fatal shooting in Dingolfing. The plate bearing the registration HG (Hochtaunuskreis/Bad Homburg) had been stolen in Gersfeld in Fulda district. The authorities are now examining a possible connection between the theft and the fatal shooting.
The 43-year-old man was shot at his residential front door in Dingolfing on Monday, 26 October, at approximately 12.30 p.m. by an unknown assailant. The number plate was stolen between Sunday, 20.15 hours, and Monday, 06.00 hours, from a black Peugeot 208 that was parked in Wasserkuppenstraße in Gersfeld (Rhön).
A 50-strong special commission of the Landshut criminal police is investigating jointly with the Operational Case Analysis team of Munich Police Headquarters and officers from the State Criminal Police Office. The police are seeking witnesses and request information regarding suspicious observations. Photographs and videos can be submitted via a police upload portal – for example from mobile phone recordings, drones, dashcams or surveillance cameras.
Source: Die Zeit Kriminalität