Two hookah cafes were the targets of the 43-year-old perpetrator.
He shot at least nine people and injured others on Wednesday night.
- Thanks to testimony and surveillance cameras, a suspected perpetrator was quite quickly found. The car he used to escape the scene could be identified, Hessen's Prime Minister Peter Beuth said at a press conference.
After several hours of hunting, police found the car at the suspect's home.
- As security forces went through the home, they found two more dead people. His 72-year-old mother and the perpetrator. Both had gunshot injuries, says Peter Beuth.
"A sad memory"Both the federal prosecutor and Peter Beuth say the shootings can have an xenophobic and right-wing motive.
- I condemn this act, it's an attack on our free society, says Peter Beuth.
Germany has been shaken by several right-wing attacks over the past year and many Hanaubs are shocked by the night's bloody deeds.
- You can't imagine a worse night. This, of course, will keep us busy for a long time to come and become a sad memory, says the city's mayor Claus Kaminsky to the German newspaper Bild.
Unknown by policeAccording to information in the German media, the perpetrator must have left both a letter and a video, which is now being investigated.
The suspect has not been known to police since before and a weapon was found next to his body.
There is no indication that there have been more perpetrators, according to police.