A person was shot in Wassenberg (Heinsberg district) in North Rhine-Westphalia. The perpetrator or perpetrators are on the run. Police circles confirmed this to the dpa. A number of media shops had beforehand reported.

Based on preliminary data, a person acquired out of a automobile shortly earlier than 8 p.m. and shot one other man in entrance of a home. The perpetrator then fled within the automobile wherein one other man is claimed to have been sitting. The police launched a significant manhunt.

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