{"id":1577,"date":"2026-07-21T13:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:23:01","slug":"suspect-in-german-shooting-that-killed-6-is-found-dead-in-his-prison-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/?p=1577","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in German shooting that killed 6 is found dead in his prison cell"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this image taken from a video, emergency responders, residents and police in Stade, Germany, Monday, June 29, 2026 after five people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said. (NWM-TV via AP)<\/small><\/p>\n

2026-07-21T13:12:19Z<\/p>\n

BERLIN (AP) \u2014 The suspect in a shooting in northern Germany<\/a><\/span> last month that left six people dead was found dead in his prison cell on Tuesday, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The shooting in Stade, west of Hamburg, took place on June 29 at a facility that provides temporary accommodation for pregnant women or young mothers with children. The victims were employees of the shelter and of the regional youth welfare office.<\/p>\n

Investigators believe the shooting was related to a custody dispute over the 3-month-old daughter of the suspect, a Turkish national born in Germany. He was under investigation on suspicion of murder.<\/p>\n

The man, whom authorities have not named, was found dead early Tuesday in his cell at a prison in Bremerv\u00f6rde, near Stade, the regional justice ministry in Lower Saxony said. A doctor determined that he died by strangulation.<\/p>\n

The investigation so far indicates that the suspect killed himself, the ministry said. It added that there was no indication of anyone else being involved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this image taken from a video, emergency responders, residents and police in Stade, Germany, Monday, June 29, 2026 after five people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said. (NWM-TV via AP) 2026-07-21T13:12:19Z BERLIN (AP) \u2014 The suspect in a shooting… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}