Security services in the capital have said they are responding to an incident in the center of the city. Shots fired at Checkpoint Charlie, popular Berlin tourist spot, police say incident related to cafe robbery Berlin police say an operation is ongoing after gunshots were heard during an armed robbery of a cafe near the famous Checkpoint Charlie landmark in the German capital. The incident took place at around 2pm local time, with shots ringing out close to the famous Cold War era Berlin Wall crossing point, which is usually thronged with tourists. Police in the Germany capital of Berlin said they were responding to shots fired in the Friedrichstrasse area in the center of the city.