The warden shot his mother-in-law, his partner and himself in the Kladno region. Only the newborn survived
Investigators were on the scene until the early hours of the morning, after the body was removed from the crime scene, the police cleared the street in the village again. The house where the tragedy occurred is now guarded by a police patrol.
According to sources close to the investigation, the tragedy occurred next to the house on the driveway. He thus ruled out speculation by some media that the shooting was to take place as early as Friday. The police also had two cars parked at the house towed for examination.
It is not yet clear why the man shot, one of the motives may have been jealousy or family disputes.
Police added on Sunday that the General Inspectorate of Security Forces had taken over the investigation. “The case that took place in the village of Líský is now fully within the competence of the General Inspectorate of Security Forces, which has taken it over,” she said on Twitter.
Prison service spokeswoman Petra Kučerová confirmed on Sunday that the man and the probable perpetrator, who was found dead, was a member of the prison service. “I can confirm that he is our member,” she said.
A black banner was hung in the village on Sunday, and candles were lit at the house where the tragedy happened.
People heard gunfire
“People heard the shooting, it happened in a family house, probably a family tragedy,” the mayor of Líský Štěpán Hon told iDNES.cz on Saturday. According to the police, the perpetrator is probably a man found by the police in the house of the dead. His partner and her mother also died. The time of their death is ascertained by a police investigator.
According to the mayor of a family of four, she lived in the house where the shooting took place. Police found a living, only three weeks old, at the scene. “The newborn is out of danger,” confirmed Petra Effenbergerová, a spokeswoman for Central Bohemian rescuers.
The last member of the family is the twelve-year-old daughter of the murdered mother. That was according to Deníku.cz at that time with his biological father, out of danger to life.
Initial information suggested that the victims were a young girl or a small child, but later proved to be wrong. Even the initial information that the man was firing from a submachine gun was not confirmed.
Police found three corpses, two women and one man at the scene. Findings so far leading to a family tragedy, when the probable perpetrator is a man who was found dead. A living infant was found in the house, now in the care of doctors. We have the crime scene under control, no one is in danger.
– Police of the Czech Republic (@PolicieCZ) November 7, 2020
Criminal investigators left the area on Saturday around six o’clock in the evening. “The shooting was heard, it sounded like fireworks, it was run several times in a row,” said a witness from the next village. The police also sent an intervention unit to the scene immediately after the shooting was reported.
The village was partially closed on Saturday evening. Police said the scene was under control and no one was in danger. The motive of the crime and another case are not yet known, the search for the crime scene will continue until Sunday.