Updated July 10, 7:36 a.m. EDT:
"At the moment we have no evidence of accomplices, but of course we will keep our eyes open," police spokesman Bert Rauenbush told TV news channel N24, accoridng to Khabar.
"In a place with 5,500 inhabitants where we have always had a quiet life, we only know this kind of situation from television," said the "stunned" mayor of Leutershausen, Siegfried Hess.
The gunman's car was registered locally.
Updated July 10, 7:20 a.m. EDT:
The suspect was apprehended after he entered a gas station with a weapon. Gas station employees restrained him by fastening cable ties around his hands and waiting for police to arrive, according to the Daily Express.
A deadly shooting occurred Friday morning in Germany. A man in a silver Mercedes caused "multiple deaths" in the Bavarian town, Leutershausen-Tiefenthal, near Ansbach, according to reports.
The first casualty was an 82-year-old woman who was shot first in the drive-by, according to the Daily Express. She died at the scene. The gunman continued his rampage by shooting a cyclist, a farmer and another driver. The cyclist was also pronounced dead at the scene, according to ITV.
The suspect, who is believed to be 18-years-old, drove away in a silver convertible Mercedes Cabrio, and a manhunt began, but the gunman was quickly apprehended at a gas station.
No official word if the shooter has any links to terrorist organizations.
More on this story as it develops.
