What we know about the Copenhagen mall shooting

Lone gunman had mental health issues and not thought to have terror motive, police say

Shoppers react after shooting spree
Shoppers react after the shooting spree
(Image credit: Olafur Steiner Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

A deadly shooting at a shopping mall in the Danish capital Copenhagen is not being treated as a terrorist incident.

Three people were killed and several others wounded when a gunman began firing at shoppers on Sunday afternoon.

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