‘FOUGHT ’TIL THE END’

Famed Dutch Crime Reporter Peter De Vries Dies a Week After Being Shot in Head

The reporter was shot last Tuesday after visiting broadcaster RTL’s television studio for a chat-show appearance.

Peter R. de Vries, the celebrity Dutch crime reporter known for investigating the criminal underworld, has died from his injuries after being shot on a street in central Amsterdam last week. De Vries was shot in the head in one of the city’s biggest plazas last Tuesday after visiting broadcaster RTL’s television studio for a chat-show appearance. During his career, the reporter exposed multiple mob bosses and drug lords, and was previously given police protection following threats on his life. In a statement reported by Dutch news network RTL, where de Vries worked, the reporter’s family said: “Peter fought ’til the end but wasn’t able to win this battle. He died surrounded by the people who loved him.”