Story highlights 15 rounds fired in "a number of different directions" on a sidewalk and at a pub along Dizengoff Street, police say

Surveillance videos appear to show the attacker before and during the 2:40 p.m. shooting

Israel has been hit by wave of stabbings of civilians and soldiers

(CNN) A gunman on Friday sprayed bullets from an automatic weapon near a pub in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, killing two people and injuring at least seven others before fleeing, sparking a massive manhunt, police said.

The shooting left police scouring about a 2-mile area of the city along the Mediterranean Sea, with roadblocks set up, national police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

More than 15 rounds were fired in "a number of different directions" on a sidewalk outside the pub on Dizengoff Street -- a road famous for its shops, restaurants and bars -- Rosenfeld said. The shooting happened outside the Simta pub, according to an address provided by police.

"The Israeli national police ... are still investigating and trying to determine whether it is a terrorist attack or a criminal ... incident," Rosenfeld said.

Two surveillance videos aired by Israeli news media appear to show the attacker before and during the 2:40 p.m. shooting, hours before Shabbat, Judaism's day of rest that starts on Friday evening.

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