It looks like two people were murdered this morning in Darmstadt, close to the central station, in an area typically recognized for high tech, space and satellite companies, not violence.
So far the victims are unknown, they were found in a burning car, after witnesses heard several gunshots. The police are currently assuming that the violent crime has a connection with a previous suicide.
For more information please see the following article:
http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/zwei-tote-nach-schuessen-am-kavalleriesand_18492044.htm
A translation of the current original german newspaper article is following:
Two dead after shots at the cavalry edge
By Frank Horneff
DARMSTADT - Between the houses "Am Kavalleriesand" 43 and 45 there was a shooting on Wednesday morning, in which two people lost their lives. According to spokesman Bernd Hochstädter, the police were called at about 6:55 am after witnesses heard several shots and reported a burning car. The police found two bodies at the scene, a man and a middle-aged woman. At first there was no further information about the identity. The man should have sat in the car, the woman should have been found next to the car. A pistol was also secured. The vehicle carries according to the police a Darmstadt license plate.According to the police spokesman, the police and prosecutors assume a violent crime in connection with a suicide. The area around the Kavalleriesand Haardtring is largely closed off, it comes probably until the afternoon to traffic obstructions because of the police operation: The evidence is still ongoing, the prosecutor was on site. A police investigation started with a police helicopter was set now, according to police, "because of other participants in the crime is not to go out," said police spokesman Hochstädter.