After the fatal shots at a 24-year-old on Monday in Lüdenscheid, two arrested people were released. Against the 15-year-old and the 18-year-old, the urgent suspicion was not substantiated in the course of the investigation, said the police and public prosecutor in Hagen on Tuesday. On Monday, a 24-year-old man in the Sauerland town was fatally injured by a shot and later died in hospital.

The body was autopsied on Tuesday. The police and the public prosecutor’s office declined further information about the result, the circumstances of the crime and the current status of the investigation. The background remained unclear at first. There was also no information on the murder weapon the day after the incident.

The two suspects were found near the crime scene. A homicide commission took over the investigation. The police are looking for further evidence, and there was no information on the murder weapon as of Tuesday morning.