After the deadly shots of a policeman on a homeless man in Bad Oldesloe, the Lübeck prosecutor assumes that the policeman has acted in self-defense. Everything indicates that the 21-year-old homeless man was so close to the official that a shot in the legs was not possible, said a spokesman for the prosecutor.
The 21-year-old had been hit by a service weapon and fatally injured in a police operation on Sunday by two bullets. According to the current state of investigation, there are no indications of a lack of assistance, the spokesman continued.
The mentally ill man is said to have threatened the officials with a knife with a 18-inch blade. He had ignored calls from the police to put down the knife. Pepper spray could not stop him either.