Leipzig: Gunman previously announced the crime in a chat message

Leipzig – He raced through the city center, killing two people and injuring many more. Now comes out: gunman Jeffrey K. (33) announced his crime weeks in advance! In addition, a few days earlier there was a police operation on his wife and their child.

According to information from “Zeit,” Jeffrey K. wrote to his wife in an chat message in April: “It’s been a long time since a car drove into a crowd.” A police spokesman confirmed: The authorities had received the message – but only the evening after the crime, according to the investigators. It is still unclear why the woman did not forward the message to the police earlier.

Police operation before a shooting spree

Shortly after sending the message, Jeffrey K. voluntarily checked himself into a psychiatric hospital on April 17th Leipzigbut left again on April 29th. According to research, the accused himself spoke of hearing voices. According to “Zeit”, the man was already living separately from his wife, with whom he has a child. She contacted the youth welfare office in March and filed several reports in April – for threats, defamation and insults. Jeffrey K. is said to have threatened to kill family members at least once.

Shortly after Jeffrey K. left the psychiatric hospital at the end of April There was a police operation on the wife. The exact background is still unclear. Apparently Jeffrey K. wanted to see his child. His ex-wife then called the police because she felt threatened. Jeffrey K. was at least cooperative with the officers. There were further measures announced police not, just a note to the health department. This apparently tried to support the person affected. According to the investigators, the “entire operation history” will be processed.

Shooting spree in Leipzig

On Monday, Jeffrey K. raced through downtown Leipzig. Witnesses report that he must have been driving around 70 km/h. Be The car hit several people. A 63-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man died and six others were injured, two of them seriously. According to authorities, there is “no evidence of a political or religious background.” Bollards now block off the pedestrian zone. A sea of ​​flowers commemorates the victims of the shooting spree. The alleged perpetrator is now back in a psychiatric hospital. The motive remains unclear.