Munich shooter was white american

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The 37-year-old man accused of shooting a police officer in a Munich subway station on Tuesday is a US citizen born in Bavaria who was on a European trip, German officials said.

The suspect, identified as Alexander Bischof by family members, was a tourist from Fort Collins, Colorado, who was visiting Germany when the shooting took place.

Bischof is accused of shooting a 26-year-old policewoman in the head after stealing her colleague's gun at the Unterföhring station on the outskirts of Munich on Tuesday.