Dominique Kouamadiou, who was mentally unstable, is said to have threatened a kiosk owner with a kind of bread knife. The owner called the police and Kouamadiou is said to have attacked the police car. The officers got out and shot him from a distance of two to ten meters; the testimonies of witnesses differ here.

Dominique Kouamadiou had arrived in Germany ten years earlier as an underage, unaccompanied refugee. He lived in a home, enjoyed making music, was about to finish secondary school and had planned to go to university.

A short time later, the public prosecutor's office dropped the investigation against the gunman, citing self-defense. Dominique Kouamadiou's sister lodged a complaint against this, and a demonstration was organized with the demands "Justice for Dominique" and "Complete clarification". Shortly before the demonstration, the sister's complaint was rejected as unfounded.

Source: www.ari-dok.org