Police investigator Robert Heimberger said on Saturday it appeared the gunman had hacked a Facebook account and lured people to the shopping centre with an offer of free food. Police first received reports of a shots being fired near the Olympia shopping centre at around 5.50pm local time on Friday. The gunman’s body was found in a side street close to the shopping centre at around 9.30pm local time. Armed units flooded the area, with officers in plain clothes seen running through the shopping centre in search of the gunman. There were reports of people barricading themselves in shops in the shopping centre as the attack unfolded and Munich was put into lockdown.

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2016 10:26 UTC