The President of the Jewish community said to TV 2 NEWS that the young man who died in front of the synagogue in downtown Copenhagen , was a member of the Jewish community. He was reportedly��guarding the Shul while a Simcha was going on inside.

Earlier a�gunman opened fire on a Copenhagen cultural center, killing one man and wounding three police officers in what authorities called a terror attack against a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.

After searching for the gunman for hours, police reported another shooting near a synagogue in downtown Copenhagen after midnight Sunday. One person was shot in the head and two police officers were shot in the arms and legs, police said, adding it wasn�t clear whether the two incidents were linked. The gunman fled on foot, and police warned people to be vigilant and follow the instructions of officers flooding the city center.