British man shot dead in popular Berlin district

TheLocal.de ^ | 21 Sep 2015 09:13 GMT+02:00

[Olog-hai]

A 31-year-old British man was shot dead in Berlin early on Sunday morning, according to reports in the local media.

The man was found by a passerby at around six o’clock in the morning on Sunday in the neighborhood of Neukölln, one of the best-loved boroughs among young expats, reports the Berliner Kurier. […]

According to the Kurier, the suspect is a 62-year-old Berliner who was wearing a black leather jacket and a cowboy hat at the time of the incident, and was armed with a shotgun. …

[rrrod]

Gun buy gone bad...

[Tax-chick]

Do you think there’s a connection between the reason the area is “best-loved by young expats” and the reason for this murder?

Drugs, prostitution, homosexual enclave?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

What gave it away? Was it the black leather jacket? The cowboy hat?

[Sooth2222]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuk%C3%B6lln

Demographics

As of 2010, the borough had a population of 310,283, of whom 121,000 (~40%) were of non-German ethnicity/origin. The percentage is significantly higher in the same-named locality of Neukölln.[1] The borough is known for its large Turkish, Arab and Kurdish communities, which together make up roughly 18% of the borough's population. Recently, there has been an influx of Romani people and Sub-Saharan Africans.[2] Another noticeable trend is the rapid gentrification of certain neighborhoods within the borough, where the influx of students, creatives and other young professionals of mostly Western origin has caused some tension.[3]

Politics

At the 2011 elections for the parliament of the borough (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung) the following parties were elected:

SPD 27

CDU 13

Alliance '90/The Greens 8

Pirate Party 4

The Left 3

The "Pirate Party"?

[DaveA37]

The shooter in Berlin must have missed it, Germany’s war with England ended a long time ago.

[bert]

it was the 8 gage

[from occupied ga]

But Germany has very strict gun control laws. Don’t the liberals always tell us that gun control prevent crime? How is it possible that anyone was shot?

[Blue Collar Christian]

When newly married to my ex-wife while in the Army we lived in Neukölln. Very seedy part of the city in the mid 70s, but cheap rent. I mostly remember lots of sex shoppes and turks that would cop a feel on a woman passing in the street.

Nasty place.