German police officer shot dead with own weapon after investigating a broken window
Sun Jul 28, 5:12 PM ET
BERLIN - A German police officer was shot dead with his own weapon and another seriously injured Sunday by a man they had confronted in a suburb of the former capital Bonn, police said.
The officers, both 40, were on patrol when they were told to investigate a broken window at an apartment block in the western city.
The officers appeared to have pursued a man who somehow was able to wrest a gun from one officer or pick it up after it had fallen to the ground in a struggle, police spokesman Heino Friedrichsdorf said.
The man was arrested after a car chase, the fugitive having forced a driver out of her vehicle at gun point. The weapon was found in the car. Though he said he was an Italian national, police said he couldn't be identified with certainty.
Both officers suffered two gunshot wounds. The officer killed was hit in the chest. The second officer was wearing a bulletproof vest and was hit in the chest and stomach. His life was out of danger after treatment at the scene and at a city hospital, Friedrichsdorf said.
Neither of the officers were identified.
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