Image copyright EPA Image caption Police officers stand at the door of the nightclub "Grey" in Constance, where the shooting took place

A gunman has been shot dead by German police after opening fire at a nightclub in the city of Konstanz. Issuing an official statement about the shootout the German Police Police said that special commando forces and a police helicopter had been deployed in the city, as it was not yet known if the suspect had accomplices. A tweet by police in the town of Konstanz in Germany’s southwestern Baden-Wurttemberg state said one person was killed and three were seriously wounded in the early-morning shooting.
A man shoots several people in a nightclub in Konstanz, Germany, killing one. The gunman was shot and killed by police.