Excitement in Cologne-Kalk: shots on apartment building-witnesses wanted!

Excitement in Cologne-Kalk: shots on apartment building-witnesses wanted!

In the night of Sunday, July 13, 2025, a terrifying event occurred in Cologne-Kalk when a residential building on Eythstrasse was shot. At around 4:10 a.m., unknown perpetrators emitted at least four shots, but fortunately nobody was injured. The [CityReport] (https://cityreport.pnr24-online.de/schuesse-auf- Mehrfamilienhaus-in-kalk-taeter-fluecht-in-weissem-car search/) reports about an intensive police operation that quickly followed. The officials blocked the crime scene and found four cartrids in front of the apartment building. Betting holes were discovered at the house entrance door, which illustrates the direction of the shooting.

A Ford that was parked in front of the house was damaged by a foray shot on the bonnet. Witnesses were able to report that the shooter fled with a white car with a panoramic roof and Bergheim approval (BM) towards Lüttringhauser Straße. The Cologne criminal police have started the investigation and examined possible connections to previous shot incidents in the area. Witnesses are asked to report on 0221 229-0 or by email to poststelle.koeln@polizei.nrw.de

Another dramatic incident

WDR reports that several incidents took place in connection with him in the weeks before his death. On August 29, shots were fired with a fully automatic weapon for an apartment building in Cologne-Otheim, where the victim often bought. At the beginning of September, shots on a house in Hürth-Kalscheurs, near his apartment, and on September 18, a hand grenade was even discovered under a burned-out BMW X6 in Cologne-Otheim, probably also directed against the man.

Although the police carried out protective measures at the residence of the killed, this was not very cooperative. On Tuesday, shortly before his death, he posted his location in real time on social media. The alleged perpetrator fled on an e-scooter after shoting the man into a car while getting in.

background to organized crime

The increased changes in the shooting and brutal attacks indicate possible combination with organized crime. According to the Statista, there were a total of 642 investigative proceedings on organized crime in Germany in 2023, whereby a significant part of these procedures concerned the drug trade. The police suspect that the repeated attacks on the 32-year-old are related to criminal structures that are often organized in socially isolated groups. These clans, many of them with Turkish or German citizenship, are particularly active in drug trafficking.

Such incidents such as the Cologne -based action and close cooperation between the authorities require rapid action to restore order in the quarter concerned and prevent future attacks. However, the citizens of Cologne are not allowed to be unsettled by such acts of violence, but should be vigilant and inform the police in the event of suspicious observations.