2 dead, several injured in shooting in France, officials say

At least two people have been killed and several more injured in a shooting in France, according to government officials.

The local prefecture in Strasbourg, about 300 miles east of Paris, wrote on Twitter than an individual opened fire in the center of the city on the Rue des Orfèvres around 8 p.m. local time.

The shooting is being treated as a terrorist attack, the Paris counter-terrorism prosecutor’s office told ABC News.

The suspect has been identified, and police are looking for him, according to the local prefecture. The suspect is known for petty crime, France’s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said.

Castaner is on his way to Strasbourg.

ABC News’ Ben Gittleson contributed to this report.