"Mass shooting" in German theatre "hoax". Man was shooting blanks. Injuries due to tear gas

[cali]

that's all the information I found. It's a disease.

http://www.wptz.com/national/urgent-shooting-at-german-cinema-leaves-25-wounded/40189910

Edited to accurately reflect the reality of the incident.

The armed man entered a cinema in Viernheim in central Germany on Thursday afternoon, Hesse and started shooting.

Hessischer Rundfunk is reporting on information from the interior ministry in Hesse that the gunman is now dead. Bild reports that police fatally wounded him through gunfire.

The masked man entered a multiplex cinema in the small town just north of Mannheim. Focus is reporting he was armed only with a blank firing gun.

Public broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk and Bild daily said that at least 25 people were hurt through teargas.

The man is said to have fired shots and barricaded himself in the cinema in the western town of Viernheim.

According to the Darmstädter Echo the gunman had taken hostages.

A German police spokesman only confirmed "an unclear threat situation".

AFP reported on Twitter that several people have been injured. Bild is also reporting that at least 25 people have been injured.

read:http://www.thelocal.de/20160623/police

[Gabi Hayes]

1. MSNBC says 50, plus hostages taken, plus shot dead just now

[cali]

2. Do you mean the gunman was shot dead?

Is it still a hostage situation? thanks.

[Gabi Hayes]

3. yes...gunman shot, according to Brian Williams. I think he's taking credit for doing it.

[cali]

4. I just read that he was shooting blanks and the injuries were due to tear gas

phew. strange story but so much better than an actual shooting spree.

[FLPanhandle]

5. Imagine the terror the patrons felt

They wouldn't know it was blanks.

Still, so much better than a real weapon.

[Gabi Hayes]

10. if only they'd all been packing, they could have shot the place up real good!

when is that going to happen?

you know it will, now that everybody's carrying

[FLPanhandle]

11. Excellent point. nt

[Gabi Hayes]

6. still clearly hillary and obama's fault that this ISIS terrorist was able to get

as far as he did

[cali]

7. I'm so relieved that he was shooting blanks

It's hard not to feel that there's something "catching" about crazy mass shootings.

[Gabi Hayes]

9. me, too, but how deranged/stupid was the guy? has to be one or the other. or both.

what if he bought the blanks off the street from some fraudster, thinking it was real ammo.

how ironic that would be. I almost hope that was the case.

[uponit7771]

8. +1