Police spokesman Bernd Hochstaedter said the armed man had entered the Kinopolis movie theater in the small western town of Viernheim, about 45 miles south of Frankfurt, around 3 p.m and fired at least one shot before barricading himself inside…
Recounting what happened, The interior minister of the state of Hessen, Peter Beuth said: The police received an emergency call at 2:45pm [12:45 GMT]. The caller said there was a masked man armed with a long gun and it was unclear whether it was a real gun. The caller heard four shots and said that the masked man appeared a little mentally unstable. Police special forces were called and a large group of heavily-armed police stormed the cinema and gained entrance. He has been shot dead and the motive for the attack for is unclear for now.
