A resident in Vienna-Floridsdorf called police after hearing several shots from a balcony, and officers later found a blank-firing pistol during a search of the apartment. The incident was reported on 10.10.2026 at 16:00. The neighbor initially suspected fireworks, but then saw a man on the balcony holding a firearm and firing multiple shots. Police from the Ziegelofenweg police inspection, with support from additional Floridsdorf forces, the police dog unit, and WEGA, went to the scene. Officers tracked down the suspected apartment and reached the 27-year-old tenant by phone, ordering him to leave. After the man complied, WEGA searched the apartment and seized a blank-firing pistol along with ammunition. The weapon was secured. The man, an Austrian tenant, has an outstanding weapons ban. He was reported by police. The case is ongoing under police investigation.