Suspect in deadly Poland shooting dies in hospital, police say

Polish Police announced the death on Monday morning.

ByKevin Shalvey
November 9, 2026, 1:47 AM

LONDON -- The suspect in Saturday's deadly mass shooting in Krakow that killed at least six people died in the hospital on Monday, police said.

"We are reporting that the perpetrator of the tragic events died in hospital early this morning," the Polish Police said.

People walk through the Main Market Square near the Cloth Hall as authorities reopen the area to the public following the Saturday mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, Nov. 8, 2026.
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At least six people were killed after shots were fired in a market square on Saturday, according to regional police. The suspected shooter was shot and wounded by police, authorities said.

Prosecutors in Poland were preparing six murder charges in connection with the people killed in Krakow, Prosecutor Tomasz Waszczuk told ABC News on Sunday.

PHOTO: A woman lays flowers at a makeshift memorial in Slawkowska street next to the Main Market in Krakow, Poland, on Nov. 8, 2026.
A woman lays flowers at a makeshift memorial in Slawkowska street next to the Main Market in Krakow, Poland, a day after a gunman opened fire, killing six people and wounding around a dozen others in the historic centre of Poland's city of Krakow, on Nov. 8, 2026.
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The number of murder charges had been expected to rise to nine, if investigators established that the alleged attacker was also responsible for the deaths of his parents and sister, who were found dead inside an apartment, Waszczuk said.

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