These stories are becoming all too familiar. Nine innocent people are dead after an 18 year old man, identified as a “German-Iranian” opened fire outside of a shopping center. The police say they had no prior knowledge of this suspect.

#Munich shooter suspect was 18yo German-Iranian, police say in press conference https://t.co/WpvJFhax43

— Marc Burleigh (@marcburleigh) July 23, 2016

Munich Police: The suspect was not previously known to the police. https://t.co/J1HPUcX467

— dwnews (@dwnews) July 23, 2016

Initially, police were looking for multiple gunmen, but it is now assumed that the shooter acted alone – and committed suicide.