With a loaded gun
Vienna: Man (49) tried to kill ex-girlfriend
On Friday night, the police in Vienna-Landstraße were alerted after a man (49) tried to kill his ex-girlfriend (53) with a rifle. The officers were only just able to prevent worse.
The suspect (49) rang the doorbell of his ex-girlfriend's apartment at around midnight and threatened to shoot her with a gun. The woman immediately alerted the police.
In the stairwell, the police encountered the armed man. When he saw the officers, he suddenly pointed his small-caliber rifle at them.
WEGA moved in
In order to prevent the situation from escalating further, the officers withdrew again. A short time later, police officers from the WEGA special unit arrived. They loudly demanded that he drop the weapon. The man did not comply with this request and instead aimed at the WEGA officers.
Shots fired
Only after the WEGA officers had fired shots at the highly dangerous man did he drop his gun. During the arrest, the suspect resisted and became aggressive towards the officers. The small-caliber rifle, which was loaded, was confiscated.
After the arrest, the suspect was taken to hospital with a bleeding wound to his hip.
Help for victims:
- Women's helpline at: 0800-222-555, www.frauenhelpline.at
- Association of Autonomous Austrian Women's Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.at
- Violence Protection Center Vienna: https://www.gewaltschutzzentrum.at/wien
- 24-hour women's emergency hotline of the City of Vienna: 0171719
- Women's shelter emergency number: 057722
- Austrian violence protection centers: 0800/700-217
- Police emergency number: 133
Wanted to be shot by police officers
In the course of this, it was established that the man was subject to an official weapons ban. According to the 53-year-old, there is also a mutual restraining order. During initial questioning at the hospital, the 49-year-old stated that he had threatened the police officers with the gun in order to have them shoot him.
The 49-year-old also stated that he had obtained the gun via Telegram. According to the 53-year-old woman, the man had been suffering from mental health problems for some time and had drunk an excessive amount of alcohol.
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