Next to the man was a pistol that he had legally owned along with other firearms. A 24-year-old, whom the man had previously met, found the body. The circumstances of death are now the subject of police investigations, the Linz public prosecutor’s office confirmed to the APA in a media report.
According to the report, the huntsman had previously celebrated with others in a log cabin. He took a 24-year-old chance acquaintance to his apartment. When the young woman was in the toilet, she heard a shot and found the 38-year-old a little later in his living room with a severely bleeding head wound, she said. The alarmed emergency doctor could no longer help.
“Everything is open about the course of events,” said Linz prosecutor Ulrike Breiteneder on Saturday to APA. The results of the autopsy are not yet available. Likewise, the test result for traces of smoke in the 24-year-old. According to the police, the 38-year-old is said to have been very adept at handling weapons. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the pistol is also examined for technical defects and whether an accident could have occurred.
Source: Nachrichten
