Threat with HIV-contaminated object-the police shoot man

A police operation in Neuburg an der Donau ended for a 41-year-old man with a gunshot wound. The arrested person had previously tried to flee from a clinic – and threatened police officers. Now it is checked whether the use of the firearm was justified.

The starting point of the incident was a person check on Monday evening in the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate. The civil servants discovered in the man not a little Lot of heroin. Due to this find, the 41-year-old was arrested and due to a lack of adhesion to a clinic in Neuburg an der Donau, where he was guarded medically and also by police officers.

Police attacked at Neumarkt ID Upper Palatinate – firearm use

According to the police, the man was to be transferred to a correctional facility on Tuesday afternoon. There was an arrest warrant against the 41-year-old. But on the clinic site, the situation escalated: the arrested is said to have tried to flee and threatened two police officers with a pointed object. After Information from the police I said that he was infected with HIV.

The officials first set Pepper spray one and gave a warning shot – apparently without effect. One of the police then took the service weapon and shot the man into the leg. According to a police spokesman, the 41-year-old was slightly injured.

Firearms use of police officers: Investigations after an incident in Neuburg

The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office has now investigated the exact process and for Legality of the use of firearms recorded. It should also be checked whether the top object was actually contaminated. According to previous knowledge, the police officers concerned remained unharmed. The results of the ongoing investigations are still pending at the current time

In the Cham area in the Upper Palatinate, three people recently died within two days. The police go from one Poisoning by drugs out of.