A huge search is under way in Germany for a gunman believed to still be at large after shooting two people dead yesterday.
German police in a spa town north of Frankfurt on Sunday were expanding a manhunt for a suspect still on the loose after two people were fatally shot a day earlier. Police in the Hesse region said the two victims were gunned down in a residential area of Bad Nauheim, about 22 miles north of Frankfurt. Authorities currently have no idea what the motive was behind the brutal attack. Investigators have also not yet identified the victims.
German news agency DPA reported that a police spokesperson had cited evidence pointing to a single perpetrator but that authorities could not rule out the possibility that others might have been involved.
According to Hessenschau, a regional publication linked to a public broadcaster, a large police contingent was deployed after the shootings on Saturday, and local residents indicated that special forces had been sent to the site, along with emergency vehicles and a police helicopter.
“A big force deployment” of police from uniformed, plain clothes and special forces branches have fanned out, backed by a helicopter, to find the perpetrator or perpetrators, Giessen city police said.
“The current understanding is that there is no danger for inhabitants or other people,” police added.
A helicopter was being used to search for the suspect, a spokesperson added, while residents and potential witnesses were being interviewed by police.
“We will then use the information we gain from this for the manhunt,” the spokesperson said.
Bad Nauheim is 15 miles north of Frankfurt and has a population of around 33,000.
It is known for being where Elvis Presley did US military service between 1958 and 1960 and where he met his future wife, Priscilla Presley.
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