The gunman who fired indiscriminately at passers‑by in Krakow’s Main Market Square and killed six people has died in hospital, police said early Monday, following a firefight with officers as he was seized near Dietla and Stradomska streets.
Polish police confirmed that the 24‑year‑old Polish national Michał O. was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot and then captured. He is accused of killing six people in the square, including four women and two men, and of shooting three members of his immediate family at his home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
Prosecutors are investigating both the mass shooting and the three family murders. A prosecutor from the Polish Office said autopsies on the victims would begin Monday morning and could take two days because of the complex nature of the gun‑shot wounds.
Six people were killed in the rampage and 16 others were injured, including two police officers and the gunman himself. Police had initially reported five deaths, but the death toll later rose to six.
The incident has drawn international attention; the Austrian foreign minister said a victim in the square was Austrian, and the Polish prime minister noted "strong indications" that the three family members were related to the suspect.