German police fatally shoot gunman near Israeli Consulate in Munich

German police fatally shoot gunman near Israeli Consulate in Munich

BERLIN — German police fatally shot an armed man Wednesday in a shootout after he opened fire near the Israeli Consulate and a Nazi Documentation Center in central Munich. ![](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/washpost/c3dd9d81-5f8d-4f8f-acc0-81edf350bc4d.png&h=196&w=196) A long gun refers to a weapon with a long barrel fired from the shoulder. One video circulating on social media showed a gunman carrying what appears to be a vintage rifle with an attached bayonet, which the daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported matched the location of the Israeli consulate. Munich …