Authorities urged residents to remain inside and put the Bavarian capital on lockdown.
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Munich police said they believed the teenager had committed suicide, although Mr Andrae said a post-mortem would show how he died.
German police continue to search for at least one suspect after gunfire erupted in a Munich, Germany, shopping mall Friday, the Associated Press reported, adding law enforcement officials said they “expect multiple dead”. Munich police spokesman Marcus Martins said a ninth body had been found and police were “intensively examining” whether it might be one of the suspects.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff, Peter Altmaier, said authorities could neither confirm nor rule out a link to terrorist groups while investigations are ongoing.
Other media reported that the gunman had been bullied for “several years” and was seeking revenge.
“We are telling the people of Munich there are shooters on the run who are unsafe”, he said.
More global brands are setting their sights on the US for expansion after recent attacks in Germany and France, said Faith Hope Consolo, chairman of retail leasing and marketing at Prudential Douglas Elliman. “One of the best ways of preventing it is making sure we don’t divide our own country, that we don’t succumb to fear, that we don’t sacrifice our values, and that we send a very strong signal to the world and to every American citizen that we’re in this together”.
“We heard what had happened and made a decision to leave, it just seemed not befitting anymore to continue partying”.
The gunman moved across the street to the mall, which is adjacent to the site of the 1972 Olympics. They have been taken to Munich hospitals.
The suspect was a 18-year-old Iranian who lived in Munich, the police told the press, but his motive is unclear at this point.
A video purporting to show the shooter, dressed in black, firing 20 shots has been posted on Twitter.
Armed police officers stand guard as people are escorted near the Olympia Einkaufszentrum mall on July 22 in Munich.
Locals offered their homes as safe havens using the hashtag #OffeneTur – or #OpenDoor and invited people left stranded by the emergency response to stay. Fire department crews from Germering, Gilching and Fürstenfeldbruck sped toward Munich on Friday to assist. President Barack Obama also issued a statement.
It was the third major act of violence against civilians in Western Europe in eight days.
Friday’s attack took place a week after a 17-year-old asylum-seeker assaulted passengers on a German train with an axe.
Gun attacks in Germany are uncommon.
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No details have emerged on who was behind the shooting and no one has claimed responsibility.
