Overview
- Employees opening the Lahnstraße shop, which reported damage Monday around 6 a.m., found bullet holes in the entrance and called police.
- Officers recovered several cartridge casings at the scene and reported no injuries.
- The LKA’s BAO Ferrum unit, a special task force created in November 2025 to tackle shooting crimes, is leading the case as suspected robbery-extortion.
- Detectives are checking links to other recent attacks, including shots fired at a Reinickendorf driving school earlier the same night.
- Police report a 68% year-over-year jump in cases involving threats or gunfire to 1,119 last year, with 515 involving shots, and say many target businesses in criminal extortion or turf disputes.