A police operation is underway in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg after several people were injured by a gunman on the campus.
"This is what is known so far: a single perpetrator with a gun injured several people in a lecture hall. The perpetrator himself is dead", a tweet from the German police says.
The German news agency DPA reported, citing security sources, that the gunman was a student, and that he killed himself after the shooting.
The police didn't specify how many people were wounded, and didn't provide any details regarding their condition.