Shots in Mitte: Argal escalated - police are looking for fleeting suspects!

Shots in Mitte: Argal escalated - police are looking for fleeting suspects!

In the night of June 18, 2025, there was an incident in Berlin-Mitte that attracted the attention of the police. According to [berlin.de] (https://www.berlin.de/polizei reports/2025/Pressemageilung.1571202.php), the officials were alerted at around 0:30 a.m. due to shot on Friedrichstraße corner room. Two men aged 34 and 44 and a group of people were found on site, which was probably brought together for a meeting for the settlement of existing disputes.

The dispute between the parties involved escalated when a man from the group hit the 34-year-old with the handle of a firearm. Afterwards, at least two men from the group gave several shots towards the two men, but did not hit anyone. The suspects then fled with vehicles towards Kommandantenstrasse.

injuries and investigations

The 34-year-old received help from rescue workers at the crime scene, while the police checked a restaurant on Kommandantstrasse at around 1:30 a.m. on the order of a prosecutor. There, however, the officers found neither the alleged perpetrators nor the weapon used. Only a cartridge sleeve was secured at the scene. The investigation into the type of firearm used as to whether it was a sharp or a shotgun weapon are currently underway. A specialist commissioner of Police Directorate 5 (City) leads the investigation.

from [Br.deu] (https://br-deu.de/warum-nach-jedem-schraufehewaffe-ein-eme- Folgt-Transparenz- und-Rechtsstaatschichten-erklaert/) We learn that an investigation is initiated after each use of firearms. This serves to protect transparency and the maintenance of the rule of law. Such procedures are necessary in order to comprehensively clarify the circumstances of the use of firearms and to draw possible legal consequences.

statistics on the use of firearms

In order to obtain a comprehensive overview of the police firearms, the firearm use statistics, which will be published every spring or at the latest in the summer of the following year. This statistics, which has been created since 1984, include data on various categories of the use of firearms. These include:

• injured
• dead
• suicide of police officers
• killing animals
• inadmissible firearm use

The detailed overview is only made public on request at the Interior Ministers' Conference, which underlines the importance of transparency and the availability of such information, as already on Policeuesse.kilip.de.