The man who was shot at in Meppel this evening has died. It concerns a 26-year-old man from Raalte, the police said.
The shooting took place on the Van Ewijcksingel in Meppel. A large part of the street was cordoned off with tape and white screens were placed around the victim.
Several local residents thought it was fireworks: “I heard five or six bangs, but didn’t think much of it at first,” says one of them. “When the ambulance passed by I thought: there is more going on here.”
Soon there was a lot of screaming and people called the emergency services, says a man who was picking up his wife from work at the time of the shooting. “I saw the victim lying on the ground. When I returned a little later with my wife, half the street was cordoned off. They spent a long time resuscitating.”
Several local residents have images of the shooting, which show the victim lying motionless on the ground with blood near his eye and a pool of blood next to his head. According to them, the images are circulating online in WhatsApp groups and on TikTok.
In addition, footage from a security camera from an adjacent apartment shows that there were five or six shots. It can be seen that two cars drive away at high speed in opposite directions after firing the shots.
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The police have started an investigation. Nothing is yet known about the motive behind the shooting. No one has been arrested yet. The police have not ruled out that there are multiple suspects.
Mayor Maathuis reacts shocked to the incident. “I am extremely shocked by the shooting incident that took place tonight. First and foremost, my thoughts are with the relatives of the victim. I have great respect for the emergency services and for the residents who immediately started helping. Despite this effort, there is a fatality tonight.”
“What happened must have made a huge impression on local residents and the people who saw or heard it. I can well imagine that residents feel unsafe or restless. Given the impact of this incident on the neighborhood, I invite local residents and other involved parties to a meeting to discuss this with each other, and with me. They will receive a personal message about this at the beginning of next week.”