Key legal question
Whether the defendant acted in lawful self-defence under Art. 33 StGB when firing at the victim.
Extracted holding
No. The victim's movement was only an anticipated and still uncertain threat; the defendant acted before any immediate attack or imminent danger had arisen.
Extracted reasoning
Self-defence requires an actual or immediately impending attack. Mere suspicion that the victim might soon arm himself is insufficient. The defendant's conduct amounted to an anticipatory response to a feared attack, not a defensive reaction to an imminent one.