15 reported killed by German media at Munich shopping mall

Police have closed off a wide area around a large Munich shopping center after shots were fired, a spokeswoman for the police said on Friday.

Germany's Muencher Abendzeitung reported that up to 15 people were killed. TV images showed dozens of emergency vehicles outside the mall.

No details were immediately available on injuries or on who was responsible for the shooting, the police spokeswoman said. An official at the Munich Olympia Shopping Center declined comment, saying only, "We are experiencing a problem."