Four people injured

Family dispute: Hagen shooter arrested

The shooter disappeared into the forest from a parking lot.(Bild: Justin Brosch/dpa)

A man seriously injured his wife and three other people with gunshots in Hagen (Germany) on Saturday. Since then, a manhunt has been underway for the shooter. He has now been apprehended in a nearby wooded area.

The suspect is said to have seriously injured four people at two crime scenes on Saturday morning. According to initial findings, the background to the crime was family-related.

According to the police, the shots were fired at around 11 o'clock on Saturday morning. According to the report, the suspect from Hagen first seriously injured his wife with shots in the apartment they shared in an apartment building. He then fired several times at the door of an apartment one floor above. No one was injured there.

Man fired wildly
The 34-year-old Turkish national then drove to the hairdressing salon in a car and shot at three other people there. According to the police, the life of one of the victims was in danger on Saturday evening. After the crime, the man drove his car to a nearby parking lot and fled on foot.

He then disappeared into a wooded area near Hagen-Delstern, where he was caught "without resistance", according to the police. Special forces used a thermal imaging drone to search for the gunman during the night from Saturday to Sunday. Elite police officers repeatedly drove into the forest in armored vehicles.