Spain shooting: Man fires at wife and daughter before turning gun on himself near Zaragoza shopping centre

Aragonia shopping centre in Zaragoza, Spain (Ajzh2074/Creative Commons)

A man has shot his ex-wife and attempted to shoot his daughter before turning the gun on himself outside a shopping centre in the Spanish city of Zaragoza.

The shooting took place at around 11 am local time on Friday after the woman and her daughter left a garage in their car, regional newspaper El Heraldo reported.

The man was reportedly waiting in another car from which he opened fire.

According to witnesses, the man then turned the weapon on himself.

Police raced to the scene after reports of shots being fired, and found two people suffering severe injuries.

Earlier reports said a gunman had opened fire injuring two people before fleeing the scene. But police have now said the man shot his ex-wife in front of her daughter before shooting himself.

According to Spanish news agency Europa Press, the husband and wife had recently separated and the man had no previous criminal record.

A bartender told Reuters he heard shots outside the bar and then saw a man with a gun in his hand lying on the ground.

“We heard seven or eight shots and then I heard a car drive away fast,” he said.

National Police spokeswoman Pilar Fornies told the Associated Press the man opened fire on his ex-wife as she drove out of her house garage with their daughter. He then apparently tried to kill himself.

She said police are treating the shooting as domestic.

According to the AP report, the woman managed to drive herself to a city hospital while the man was taken there by ambulance.

Both are said to be in a serious condition. The daughter was not hurt.