Dutch Crime Reporter’s Shooting Is ‘Nightmare Come True’: Son

Dutch Crime Reporter’s Shooting Is ‘Nightmare Come True’: Son
A woman leaves flowers where Dutch celebrity crime reporter Peter R. de Vries was shot and reported seriously injured in Amsterdam on July 7, 2021. Eva Plevier/Reuters
Reuters
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AMSTERDAM—The shooting of journalist Peter R. de Vries is “a nightmare come true” for his family, his son said on Wednesday as support flooded in for the top Dutch crime reporter who was critically injured in an attack.

De Vries, 64, was shot on an Amsterdam street on Tuesday evening. He was taken to a hospital, where he was fighting for his life, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said.