One of Rudd's henchman, in the beginning of the film, Murtaugh and Riggs, along with the rest of the LAPD, are chasing after him. Hans escaped, but looses the gold Krugerrands he was carrying, prompting Rudd to have Vorstedt shoot him in the head while he's standing on a painter's tarp, giving the term "drop cloth" a whole new meaning.