AFAIK no information in English. This seems to summarize the known information so far.

[https://www.mannheimer-morgen.de/orte/heidelberg_artikel,-heidelberg-polizei-meldet-mehrere-verletzte-im-neuenheimer-feld-in-heidelberg-_arid,1906250.html](https://www.mannheimer-morgen.de/orte/heidelberg_artikel,-heidelberg-polizei-meldet-mehrere-verletzte-im-neuenheimer-feld-in-heidelberg-_arid,1906250.html)

Heidelberg. According to police information so far, a lone perpetrator injured several people with a long gun in an auditorium in Neuenheimer Feld in Heidelberg. The perpetrator is dead, a statement said. No further information was initially available. By definition, a long gun is a firearm with a long barrel, i.e. a rifle.

Police had previously reported several people injured in Neuenheimer Feld in Heidelberg. The police were on the scene in a large-scale operation, it was said. Numerous rescue workers were also deployed. The Neuenheimer Feld was cordoned off over a wide area, and passers-by and motorists were asked to avoid the area as far as possible or to drive around it.

According to an employee at the scene, the SEK and a police helicopter were also deployed.

Speculation about shots at the botanical garden on Twitter have not yet been confirmed by the police.

Translated with [www.DeepL.com/Translator](https://www.DeepL.com/Translator) (free version)

[https://twitter.com/PolizeiMannheim](https://twitter.com/PolizeiMannheim)

Edit: One of the victims died.

[https://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/heidelberg_artikel,-amoklauf-in-heidelberg-ein-opfer-ist-tot-studierende-fassungslos-update-_arid,809542.html](https://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/heidelberg_artikel,-amoklauf-in-heidelberg-ein-opfer-ist-tot-studierende-fassungslos-update-_arid,809542.html)

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  2. From what I’ve heard, 4 injured, no dead. (Edit: Police now [confirms](https://twitter.com/PolizeiMannheim/status/1485618965787430914) Edit2: No longer true, see child comment) Though of course even if that’s true atm, it’s still subject to change.

    Man, if the prof holding the only lecture I have today wasn’t in a high-risk group, I wouldn’t have been too far from that. Kind of puts everything into perspective.

  4. This is a very new story, actual facts are thin on the ground right now. Be wary of rumours at this point.

    In particular, the word “Amok” is already being bandied around, which specifically describes a shooting in which the victims are selected at random and indiscriminately. At this point in time we don’t know if this is the case, or if it was a premeditated murder attempt or a hate crime of some kind.

  11. I was there, 100 meter or so away (in the Mensa) and one person with a “long weapon” (I assume some sort of rifle) went into a classroom and shot 4 people, who are “very injured” and the shooter is dead. We had to stay in the building for 1 and a half hours until we could go home.

  18. Here’s what DLF has reported:

    ”We are infinitely shocked,” said Albelmann, president of the student body. This is a catastrophe beyond anything imaginable, he said. According to initial findings by the police, a man shot around with a rifle while a lecture was in progress in a lecture hall of the medical faculty, injuring four people, some of them seriously. One of the victims is said to have succumbed due to her severe gunshot wounds, according to information from the Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The perpetrator is dead.
    The police will make a statement at a press conference in the evening.

    https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/studierende-fassungslos-nach-angriff-in-hoersaal-taeter-ist-tot-100.html

  20. i had a class in this building today. if it weren‘t for the students who saw the man in the building and texted us to stay away, many people, me included, would have gone into the campus. it feels incredibly surreal for something like this to happen close to you. i hope everyone around the city and uni are safe and sound.

  21. I was wondering if there is a alert that will be triggered on your phone, instead of having you to check twitter/email or hear from others?

  22. A friend of mine is studying in Neuenheimer Feld and he doesn’t answer his phone, which is typical for him but I’m fucking worried

  24. /u/whiteraven4, as the notifications for “awards” don’t work right now – I see some absolute asshole gave your post a very inappropriate one. I’ve already flagged it, but you might want to remove it and report it as well. If you’re using the old site scheme, you may need to switch to the new one.

    Edit: Never mind, I hid it. Didn’t see that button at first.

  30. Given the high rate of gun ownership in Germany it’s amazing more of these shootings don’t happen. This is probably down to the tight controls and regulations set by the state.

  34. Sigh, very sad.

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    Interesting to me that most of the victims are women, makes me wonder if he’s some kind of incel. Also interesting how so many of these attacks are almost always done by men, which is another longer topic to discuss.

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