The district attorney decided not to press charges in the Blönduós shooting case and to drop the case on the basis of emergency protection. RÚV reports
The father and son had legal status as defendants in the case. Two people died in the attack, the shooter himself and a woman in her 60s.
Next of kin were notified of the district attorney’s decision today. The decision may be appealed to the public prosecutor.
Filming took place last August. In an announcement North East Police sent out in mid-February, the events of the case were detailed.
The Blönduós shooting investigation is complete – Rewatch the horrific sequence of events in the police press release
The shooter entered the couple’s home in Blönduós through an unlocked door. He then realized that guests were in the house and came out. There was an exchange of words between him and the owner of the house, which ended with the shooter shooting the owner of the house in the abdomen and seriously injuring him. The shooter entered the house and shot the owner’s wife in the head. She died instantly.
The owner’s son came to help, took the gun from the shooter and a fight broke out between them, which ended up killing the attacker. “An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be suffocation due to pressure on the neck and chest,” police said in a statement.
