By Solomon "Customs" Bridges
A shooting at an event near Zurich left one person dead and five injured overnight into Sunday, Swiss police said, launching a manhunt that was still underway early in the day.
Details remain thin. The BBC reported the shooting happened at an event near the city, and that police had opened a major operation to find whoever was responsible. Both ABC News and CBS News, citing the same police information, confirmed the toll — one killed, five injured — and said the motive was unclear as of early Sunday. No suspect had been named or apprehended in the reporting available.
Switzerland records some of the lowest violent crime rates in Europe, which is part of why an attack like this draws swift, wide police mobilization rather than the grim routine such news carries in some other countries. It's also why so little is confirmed this early: investigators are still working the scene, and until they do, speculation about motive would be just that.
We will follow this story as police release more information, including whether a suspect is identified and what, if anything, investigators determine about motive. Readers should treat any early theories about the shooter or the target as unconfirmed until Swiss authorities say otherwise.
Nothing happens 'over there' anymore.
— Compiled from reporting by the BBC, ABC News and CBS News.
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