Three people have died and three more are in critical condition in a shooting at a shopping center in the Danish capital Copenhagen, the Associated Press reported, citing police.

The shooting at the Field's shopping center occurred on Sunday evening, panic-stricken patrons fled the center. One person has been detained.

Earlier, the head of the metropolitan police, Søren Thomassen, said several people were killed in a shooting at a shopping center. According to him, the suspect is a 22-year-old Dane whose motives are unknown. The police do not exclude that the incident was a terrorist attack.