After the fatal shots at a woman and a man in Espelkamp, ​​East Westphalia, the bodies were autopsied on Friday.

According to the Bielefeld police, no result was available by the afternoon.

The suspected perpetrator (52), who was arrested at his place of residence in Lower Saxony on Thursday around six hours after the act, should be brought before a judge on Friday.

The alleged motive is "in the family area", as the public prosecutor and police said in the afternoon.

In the morning, the police were cautious on this point for tactical reasons.

The police announced further information for the course of the day.

It is unclear whether the suspect from Diepenau, around 13 kilometers from Espelkamp, ​​has commented on the crime.

The police initially did not provide any information on the nationality of perpetrators and victims on Friday.

The police did not want to say what family relationship the two victims had to each other or to the perpetrator.

However, the investigators stated the age of the woman who was shot - she was 51 years old.

The woman and a 48-year-old man were found on Thursday around 11.15 a.m. in Espelkamp in a row of houses.

The bodies were about 100 meters apart.

The man was already dead, the woman died after attempted resuscitation by the rescue workers on site.

Local residents heard four shots.

The urgent suspect was caught in the evening around 5.30 p.m. in Lower Saxony by special forces of the police in his place of residence at a small lake called Lavelsloh.

According to the police, he fell and suffered abrasions.

At first there was talk of a rampage in media reports - but the police immediately denied this.