- Peter R. de Vries, a well-known
crime reporter in the Netherlands, was shot on Tuesday, police said. - He was taken to the hospital in serious condition following the
shooting . - Reports said he was leaving a TV studio where he was filming a television appearance when he was shot.
A well-known crime reporter in
Police said Peter R. de Vries, 64, was shot in downtown Amsterdam on Tuesday shortly after leaving a TV studio where he was recording a television appearance.
De Vries was shot in the head during the incident, Dutch broadcaster RTL reported.
A shooting suspect has been arrested but not publicly named, newspaper Algemeen Dagblad reported, according to a translation from Reuters.
De Vries was taken to a hospital in "serious condition," police said.
Police are still investigating the shooting, and Prime Minister Mark Rutte is expected to make a statement on the case.
De Vries often appears as a commentator on crime programs in the Netherlands, and won an international Emmy Award in 2008 for his coverage on the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
He's currently working as a counselor to a state witness in a murder and drug trafficking case. The state witness's former lawyer was shot and killed in 2019, Reuters reported.