On 26 October 2016 , two detectives of the National Bureau of Investigation ( NNI ) arrived to Győrkös ' property in Bőny to investigate a complaint of illegal weapons during a house search . According to the daily '' Magyar Idők '' , the official procedure connected to the investigation of the 2016 Budapest bombing occurred on 24 September 2016 . However Győrkös was not cooperating and opened fire with a Kalashnikov rifle on the two police officers , while they entered the house entrance . One of them , principal detective Péter Pálvölgyi , aged 46 , was shot in the head and died in the scene . According to '' Lokál '' , Győrkös ' wife tried to disarm her husband , but without success ( later that day she suffered a heart attack ) . Pálvölgyi 's partner returned fire and shot Győrkös in the back and the bullet exited through his stomach . After that Győrkös locked himself inside the house and threatened further shootings . Thereafter , the special units of Counter Terrorism Centre ( TEK ) arrived the crime scene , and Director-General János Hajdu negotiated with Győrkös through telephone , when it became apparent that Győrkös ' health condition was deteriorating due to his wound , and officers were sent in the house to disarm him . Győrkös was taken to hospital in Győr and was in stable condition , as none of vital organs were affected by the bullet
2016 Budapest bombing
2016 Budapest bombing
István Győrkös