After the shots were fired outside a fast-food restaurant in Oberhausen, the police identified a suspect and found the suspected shooter. It was a 51-year-old man from Essen, said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office on Sunday of the German Press Agency. A search has already taken place. He was not found by the emergency services.

According to initial findings, the suspect met the three people who were injured by the shots, and the shots were then fired. It may have been about business matters, the prosecutor said.

A man was seriously injured in the shooting on Saturday evening. The spokeswoman for the prosecutor said he was shot in the stomach and his life was in danger. After an emergency operation, the 49-year-old is out of danger. Another man reportedly suffered an arm injury and a woman a leg injury. They were not in mortal danger.