A 38-year-old man was killed by several shots on Monday evening on Heerstrasse in Frankfurt-Praunheim.
According to police, the call came in around 6:40 p.m.
Passers-by are said to have tried to revive the injured person.
But any help came too late for him.
The crime scene on the busy Heerstraße was cordoned off over a large area.
Petra Kirchhoff
Editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.
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A 40-year-old suspect was arrested, according to police.
The police could not provide any further information about the background to the crime.
The investigation is ongoing.