Roman Postl (1969 in Proboà ¡tov â September 8, 2008 in Chomutov) was a Czech spree killer and drug addict who killed five people. The first murder was committed in 1998, for which he was sentenced for murder and stayed in prison for 13 years. In April 2008 he was prematurely released for good behaviour. At a gas station in Pà Âedlice in ÃÂstànad Labem, he murdered Jià ÂÃ à  à ¥ovÃÂÃÂek. He shot him in the head and stole 15,000 crowns and a notebook.
Postl died in a Chomutov hospital where he was taken with gunfire wounds suffered from a firefight with the police after the murder of Van Tinh. During the shootout, intervening police officer Roman JedliÃÂka was also injured, also dying in a hospital from his wounds. Roman Postl was 39 years old at the time of his death.