As “Nord24” reported, a student heard the shots and alerted the police. According to the spokeswoman, according to initial information, a perpetrator went to school and fired a gun there, but it was still unclear what type of weapon it was. Police initially tweeted that the area around the school in the Bremerhaven downtown should be avoided. The police could not provide any further information about the perpetrator.

The scene of the crime was the Lloyd-Gymnasium (upper level) on Grazer Straße Bremerhaven-Center. The injured person was not a student, the police later reported in a press release. “The students are in their classrooms with their teachers. The police have the situation under control on site. The police measures are ongoing,” it said in the late morning. The city magistrate Bremerhaven has set up an information line for parents.