( CNN ) -- A gunman killed eight people and wounded 14 in Bratislava , the capital of Slovakia , on Monday morning , officials said . The state news agency TASR , citing the interior minister and police corps president , said seven people were killed in the shooting ; a spokeswoman for University Hospital of Bratislava said one of the wounded had died . After being cornered by the police , the gunman shot and killed himself , Slovak Interior Minister Daniel Lipsic and Police Corps President Jaroslav Spisiak told reporters near the crime scene . The shooting took place in the Bratislava neighborhood of Devinska Nova Ves , TASR reported . The gunman , who was using an illegally obtained assault rifle , was carrying two other guns and ammunition , Spisiak said . Lipsic said a police officer was wounded in the shooting and was in a stable condition . Of the wounded , who were taken to hospitals in Bratislava , `` one patient is in critical condition , three more are in serious condition , '' Health Minister Ivan Uhliarik told TASR prior to the reported death of one of the victims . Uhliarik said the remaining victims were `` stabilized . '' TASR reported a three-year-old child was among those wounded . Spisiak told TASR the police received a call reporting shots heard in one of the flats in the apartment building . When police arrived at the scene , the gunman was leaving . Four women and a man were found dead inside an apartment and another man was shot dead in the building 's hallway . All six victims apparently were from the same family . The gunman then started firing on the street and at the police , who cornered him , Spisiak told TASR . A woman who apparently stepped onto her balcony as the shooting rampage was in progress also was killed . Her body was found later in the day by her husband , Lipsic told TASR . The gunman was not immediately identified .
three-year-old child was among the wounded , news agency says . Woman who stepped onto balcony during shooting was also killed . The dead include 2 women and 4 men from the same family . The shooting took place Monday morning in the capital , Devinska .