Gunshots in central Jerusalem; gunman killed, at least 14 wounded.

JERUSALEM - A gunman opened fire on a busy downtown street Tuesday afternoon, wounding at least 14 people before he was killed by police, officials said. <br> <br> Police said they suspected the gunman was a Palestinian, but no details were immediately available. <br> <br> The shooting came hours after Israeli commandos killed four members of the militant Islamic group Hamas in a raid on their hideout and explosives lab in Nablus in the West Bank. The Islamic militant group said it would respond with an &#34;all-out war&#34; against Israeli soldiers and settlers. <br> <br> The Jerusalem gunman began firing at pedestrians, sending crowds diving for cover on a rainy afternoon. Some Israeli civilians carrying guns drew their weapons, but did not fire. <br> <br> Witness Akiva Harari, 21, said the attacker, wearing a heavy coat and carrying an assault rifle, emerged from a parking lot onto Jaffa Street, downtown Jerusalem&#39;s main artery. <br> <br> &#34;I saw him shoot two women and they fell,&#34; he said. Police then chased the gunman back into the parking lot. <br> <br> Sporadic gunfire continued for about 10 minutes, according to an Associated Press reporter who was in the area when the shooting started. <br> <br> Large numbers of police and ambulances quickly arrived on the scene. <br> <br> Among the wounded, one was seriously hurt, said Alex Farkash, a spokesman at Bikur Holim Hospital. <br>

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