BERLIN—A man opened fire at a Mercedes-Benz factory in southwestern Germany on Thursday, leaving two people dead, authorities and the company said.
The shooting occurred in Sindelfingen, a city near Stuttgart. The suspect, a 53-year-old Turkish citizen, was taken into custody, the Stuttgart prosecutor’s office said.
Police received the first emergency calls around 7:45 a.m. (0545 GMT; 1:45 a.m. ET) on Thursday, prosecutors said in a statement.
By the time officers arrived, the suspect had already been overwhelmed by company security. He is being investigated on suspicion of double homicide.
The victims were both 44 years old, prosecutors said, but provided no further details about the dead men and said the possible motive for the killings was under investigation….