Deaths After Shooting in Vienna-Leopoldstadt: 24-Year-Old Daughter Has Also Died

This was confirmed to APA upon inquiry early Friday morning from the AKH. The 44-year-old perpetrator, who was also the husband and father of the victims, was found dead after the crime and a shootout with the police. He is believed to have committed suicide, but the autopsy result was still pending.

The bloody act was preceded by a loud argument in the multi-party house on Vorgartenstraße. During this, the Serbian man shot his wife of the same age, who had separated from him and wanted a divorce. His 24-year-old daughter and her 26-year-old boyfriend, who was less seriously injured, were also hit.

Fatal Shootings in Vienna: 44-Year-Old Found Dead in His Car

The 44-year-old fled the apartment after the bloody act, and neighbors alerted the police. The arriving officers noticed the perpetrator on the street, who, when they asked him to stop, aimed a weapon at them and fired. An officer returned fire, after which the 44-year-old fled in a white Mercedes and then stopped nearby. The 44-year-old was found dead in his car, the weapon lying next to him.

The 44-year-old had been subject to a weapons ban for some time, which was imposed in 2014 along with a restraining order after an incident with his wife. There was no restraining order at that time. The man had illegally possessed the murder weapon, an old Belgian make with a 9 mm caliber. Currently, there was no restraining or contact ban against him.

Help and Information

In Austria, women experiencing violence can find help and information, among others, at the Women's Helpline: 0800-222-555, www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Association of Autonomous Austrian Women's Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.at; Violence Protection Center Vienna: https://www.gewaltschutzzentrum.at/wien/ and at the 24-hour Women's Emergency Hotline of the City of Vienna: 01-71719 as well as the Women's Shelter Emergency Hotline at 057722 and the Austrian Violence Protection Centers: 0800/700-217; Police emergency number: 133

Are you in a desperate life situation and need help? Talk to other people about it. Support services for people with suicidal thoughts and their relatives are offered by the Suicide Prevention Portal of the Ministry of Health. At www.suizid-praevention.gv.at, you can find contact details of support facilities in Austria.

(APA/Red)

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