Gunman kills 4 in German condo
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July 5, 2012, Thursday
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A HEAVILY armed man whose girlfriend was being evicted from her apartment yesterday killed four people, including the new owner and a court bailiff who were shot execution style, before turning a shotgun on himself, German authorities said.
A commando team stormed the apartment in the southern German city of Karlsruhe, but the 53-year-old gunman and the victims were already dead.
Also killed were the girlfriend, a 55-year-old woman who was found on her bed with a gunshot wound to her chest, near the gunman's body, according to authorities.
The bailiff and new owner were found with their hands bound on a couch, dead from gunshot wounds to the head. A locksmith was found dead on the floor.
"It was a terrible crime," said Hildegard Gerecke, the Karlsruhe police chief.
"Nothing could be done to stop it and nothing could be done to save them."
She said the suspect, whose name wasn't released in accordance with German privacy laws, had no history of violence that would have made the bailiff and the others expect any danger.
The apartment is in a building that was once part of the US Army's Paul Revere Village and used to house troops.
The woman had fallen behind on payments and the apartment was sold at foreclosure auction. At about 8am the bailiff, a locksmith, and a social worker showed up to evict her.
When nobody opened the door they began trying to force the lock, then the suspect opened the door and ushered them in, said deputy police chief Roland Lay, who ran the operation. The new owner of the apartment, a 49-year-old man, showed up minutes later.
A commando team stormed the apartment in the southern German city of Karlsruhe, but the 53-year-old gunman and the victims were already dead.
Also killed were the girlfriend, a 55-year-old woman who was found on her bed with a gunshot wound to her chest, near the gunman's body, according to authorities.
The bailiff and new owner were found with their hands bound on a couch, dead from gunshot wounds to the head. A locksmith was found dead on the floor.
"It was a terrible crime," said Hildegard Gerecke, the Karlsruhe police chief.
"Nothing could be done to stop it and nothing could be done to save them."
She said the suspect, whose name wasn't released in accordance with German privacy laws, had no history of violence that would have made the bailiff and the others expect any danger.
The apartment is in a building that was once part of the US Army's Paul Revere Village and used to house troops.
The woman had fallen behind on payments and the apartment was sold at foreclosure auction. At about 8am the bailiff, a locksmith, and a social worker showed up to evict her.
When nobody opened the door they began trying to force the lock, then the suspect opened the door and ushered them in, said deputy police chief Roland Lay, who ran the operation. The new owner of the apartment, a 49-year-old man, showed up minutes later.
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