A 37-year-old man was killed in shots fired outside a berlin disco on saturday night. Three others, aged 33, 34 and 41, were injured and were taken to hospital for inpatient treatment, according to the police.
The 33-year-old was arrested by the officers as the suspected protector. He was to be questioned on saturday. A gun and bullet casings were found during the search for evidence. Whether it is the murder weapon was initially unclear.
Residents had heard a quarrel around the nightclub in neu-hohenschonhausen at around 2 o’clock on saturday morning. Afterwards, shots were fired and the police and fire department were alerted. According to the police, the suspected perpetrator suffered a facial fracture, the two others who were taken to hospital suffered gunshot wounds. None of them is in danger of death. The club in ribnitzer strabe is known in the neighborhood as a meeting place for russians and albanians. There are said to have been repeated disputes there.
According to police, the suspected perpetrator is a russian citizen, the dead man a german born in kazakhstan. The two injured are an ukrainian and a turk from germany. The police suspect that the men first stayed in the club and then got into a fight on the burgersteig in front of the disco. A police spokesman said that the background to the altercation is still under investigation. At the time of the crime, up to 60 people are said to have been in the club. "After the staff had been determined, everyone was able to leave the building via the rear exit."
On saturday morning, the street in front of the club was cordoned off to secure the tracks. Around a dozen police officers were on the scene. Forensic technicians lifted parked cars and found the firearm under one of the cars. Several cartridge cases were also discovered. "We assume that the hulsen all belong to this weapon," said the spokesman. However, it is still necessary to wait for the forensic investigation.