It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Israeli police.
"The initial investigation indicates that he carried out the attack himself," the statement said.
According to preliminary data, the perpetrator of the attack is a 21-year-old resident of East Jerusalem.
It is noted that the terrorist was neutralized, he is dead.
Earlier, the Israeli police confirmed the death of seven people in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem.
The Russian diplomatic mission in Israel said that there was no information about the Russians injured in the shooting in Jerusalem.