Man believed to be shooter who killed nine people in Bavarian capital was filmed during angry exchange with witness on balcony

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Video has emerged appearing to show the gunman who shot dead at least nine people in Munich involved a furious argument with a witness, shouting “I am German!” and complaining of being bullied.

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The shooter, who was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was identified by German police as an 18-year-old with dual German and Iranian nationality. He had no criminal record.

In the footage, which was posted on Twitter, an unseen man on a balcony can be heard shouting abuse at another man, who is clad all in black and pacing on the top floor of an empty car park.

The unseen man can be heard apparently telling the people filming that the man in the car park has a gun, and a third man, or possibly the shooter, shouting: “Fucking Turks.”

An English transcript of the exchange has been posted online, in which the unseen man reportedly shouts “Fucking foreigners” and then tells those near him: “He has loaded his gun. Get the cops here”. The man presumed to be the shooter shouts back: “I am German!”

The tense exchange continued, with the unseen man, who was standing on the balcony of a building next to a car park, shouting back: “You’re a asshole is what you are.”

The shooter then demanded that the man stop filming the exchange. Instead, the man shouted back: “A asshole is what you are, what the fuck are you doing?” The shooter replied: “Yeah what, I was born here,” and said he grew up in Germany.

The man then started shooting, forcing the witness on the balcony to take cover; the video ends seconds later. The footage has not been publicly verified by the authorities but it is understood police are considering its contents in their investigation.

Police in Munich have said that the gunman’s motive was “completely unclear” and would be the focus of their investigation.

A full transcript of the filmed exchange:

Man on the balcony: “You fucking asshole you.”

Alleged shooter: “Because of you I was bullied for seven years …”

Man: “You asshole you. You’re a asshole.”

Shooter: “… And now I have to buy a gun to shoot you.”

Man: “A gun? Fuck off your head isn’t on right.”

Shooter and man on balcony shouting at each other, inaudible

Man apparently to people filming: “He’s got a gun, here, the guy has one.”

Unknown speaker: “Shit/fucking Turks!”

Man: “Shit/fucking foreigners!”

Man to someone else: “He’s got a gun. He has loaded his gun. Get the cops here.”

Shooter: “I am German.”

Man: “You’re a asshole is what you are.”

Shooter: “Stop filming.”

Man: “A asshole is what you are, what the fuck are you doing?”

Shooter: “Yeah what, I was born here.”

Man: “Yeah and what the fuck you think you’re doing?”

Shooter: “I grew up here in the Hartz 4 (unemployment benefits in Germany) area.”

Man and shooter talk at same time, inaudible

Shooter: “I haven’t done anything here for [inaudible].

Just shut your fucking face man”

Man: “You asshole you.”

Man away from shooter: “Hey, he’s on the upper floor here, [inaudible]”

Man goes into cover, shooter starts firing and man shouts something at him about “shooting here”

Shooter: “Yeah, that’s where you’re right. Yeah you’re right with that. Yeah you’re right.”