A 24-year-old man who allegedly drove into a Krakow city square and opened fire, killing six people and injuring 15 others, died at a hospital Monday morning, police said.
The suspect had remained in critical condition since police shot him to stop the attack. He underwent multiple surgeries before his death.
The shooting began Saturday when the man drove through the square in Krakow’s historic Old Town, one of the most heavily visited areas in Poland’s second-largest city.
The busy plaza is a major tourist destination and a central gathering place in the city.
Police also discovered the bodies of the suspect’s sister, mother and father inside the family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, roughly 93 miles northeast of Krakow.
Investigators believe the three family members were killed by gunfire.
On Sunday evening, mourners placed candles and flowers near bullet holes in Krakow, transforming the city’s central square—where the attack unfolded—into a scene of grief and remembrance.
“I came here because I don’t want to be consumed by fear and anxiety,” Krakow resident Maciej Sikorski told The Associated Press while standing in the square.
“After something like this, it can be very easy to stop living and simply become afraid, just existing instead. That is something I desperately want to avoid.”
