The killer was detained at a service station.
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The suspect fired at them from his auto, killing both at the scene, officials said.
The first victim is believed to have been an elderly woman.
Police had issued a public alert about the gunman at large, warning that he was armed and risky, and mobilised all local police as well as helicopters. He then drove to the hamlet of Rammersdorf and fatally shot a cyclist, regional broadcaster BR reported. A press conference is to be held in the afternoon.
German police said on Friday that two people had died after a man shot them from his vehicle near Ansbach.
The man also appears to have shot two more people. Further details weren’t immediately available.
AP news agency reporting that a man and woman killed in shooting in Bavaria; authorities are seeking suspect who fled by auto.
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REUTERS/Michael DalderGerman policemen with machine guns walk away from the Carolinum school in Ansbach near Nuremberg September 17, 2009.
