The perpetrator, described as a younger man, is lifeless, a police spokesman informed CNN.
Police mentioned the lone gunman started capturing whereas a lecture was going down, earlier than operating outdoors.
A police spokesperson informed Reuters they imagine he killed himself.
One of these shot within the incident was severely injured, in response to CNN’s German affiliate n-tv.
At this stage, officers can’t decide a motive for the incident within the Neuenheimer Feld space of the town, the police spokesman informed CNN.
A big-scale police operation is underway: “Police and emergency providers are on the scene,” Mannheim Police mentioned in a tweet.
Heidelberg University is Germany’s oldest, in response to its web site.
