090 313 shootings in Winnenden schools
The shooting of the Winnenden school took place on the morning of March 11, 2009 at a secondary school in Winnenden Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany, followed by an exchange of fire at a car dealership in Wendlingen May 1 close the shooting resulted in 16 deaths, including suicide of the author, 17, Tim Kretschmer, who had obtained their graduate school a year earlier 1 He also wounded nine people in the incident.
In Albertville-Realschule at about 9: 30 pm CET, Kretschmer began shooting with a semiautomatic pistol Beretta 92FS 9mm he had taken from his bedroom Grandparents 7 6 8-speed eyewitnesses say Kretschmer started on the first floor upstairs, 9 where he made a beeline for two classrooms on the top floor and 10 chemistry lab in the first class, five students Kretschmer shot in the head at close range without warning he then entered the next classroom, killed two fellow students and wounded nine others, including two would die from their injuries on the way to hospital Kretschmer left the room to recharge his weapon, the teacher would have closed the door and locked After trying unsuccessfully to get into the lock, then passes Kretschmer chemistry laboratory, where he shot and killed the students of teachers escaped Kretschmer skipping fenêtr es 11 In the three targeted classrooms, he killed nine students eight women and one man, 14 16 years old ears and a teacher 12 He shot most of his victims in the head 13 Kretschmer fired more than 60 rounds at school 14 Because the majority of victims were women, some have speculated that Kretschmer specifically targeted women 15.
The school director has issued a coded announcement comes Mrs Koma, who amok spelled backwards 16 alert teachers of the situation; they locked classroom doors had been used This coded warning by German educators after the massacre of Erfurt school in April 2002 17.
After receiving an emergency call from a student through 09 33h local time 8 three policemen reached two minutes later, the scene and entered the school, interrupting the shooting session 9 Kretschmer shot them and fled the building, killing two teachers in the room as he left, he killed a total of 12 people in school September 2 a quantity of unused ammunition was recovered from school it seems that the author may have intended to do much harm to the school he was successful, said Chief Criminal investigator Ralf Michelfelder 11.
Psychiatric facility near Winnenden school where Kretschmer killed an employee aged 56.
Kretschmer fled the scene and killed a gardener guardian aged 56 from a psychiatric hospital near the park 2 18 19 large number of policemen to build schools and sought Kretschmer throughout for Winnenden 7 hours unsuccessfully press reports confirmed that Kretschmer had fled and warned motorists not to pick up hitchhikers 11.
Around 10 midnight, the gunman carjacked a minivan Volkswagen Sharan parking Winnenden From his position in the back seat, the gunman ordered the driver Igor Wolf lead to Wendlingen 40 km 25 mi Winnenden The shooter and driver westbound on the outskirts of Stuttgart, capital of Baden-Wuerttemberg state, traveling through the towns and districts of Waiblingen Fellbach and Bad Cannstatt before driving on the dual track B14 through the tunnel on Heslach A81 Autobahn towards Böblingen and Tübingen both conducted on the two channels B27 before going on to the B313 Nürtingen.
Igor Wolf later reported that, when asked why he did this, the gunman replied for fun, because it is fun Aus Spaß, weil es macht Spaß 20 According to Wolf, the man armed revealed his intentions as he loaded his pistol magazines during the journey do you think we will find another school meinst, wir eine andere finden noch Schule Wolf said he quickly changed the conversation and 21.
Shortly after 12 midnight, just before the junction with the A8 Wendlinger hostage directed the car on the edge of the grass and jumped from the vehicle to a police patrol car 9 not in citation given.
The gunman immediately left the car and ran towards the industrial area nearby, a Volkswagen car showroom through the main entrance, he threatened a seller and required a key to one of the vehicles Seller escaped while the gunman was distracted the gunman shot and killed another vendor and a customer, taking 13 balls in the two people reloading, another vendor and visitors fled through the back exit 9 the gunman appeared to about 12: 30 pm and shot a passing car driver escaped without injury, the police began to arrive and a shootout began an officer fired eight shots at the gunman, hitting him once in each leg 9.
The shooter returned to the car showroom, firing 12 shots from inside the building at the Nuertingen neighborhood police that gradually surround the building, he left behind the building and ran through a courtyard of a nearby business complex, where he shot and wounded two police officers in an unmarked police vehicle 9.
According to police reports, at that time Kretschmer continued shooting randomly pulling on neighboring buildings and people, including an employee of a company that tries to lock the door Witnesses say the shooter as seen reloading his gun before shooting themselves in the head 2 11 September 22 the final seconds of the shootout were captured with a cell phone camera 23.
According to forensic evidence, throughout the shooting spree, the gunman fired a total of 112 laps 9.
Tim Kretschmer July 26, 1991 March 11, 2009 has lived with his parents in the neighboring town of Leutenbach 24 25 He graduated from Albertville Realschule in 2008 with relatively poor levels 26.
Failing grades Kretschmer had prevented from entering an apprenticeship, he attended business school in Waiblingen Leave Kern to prepare for an apprenticeship for a commercial career Several accounts described him as suffering from depression 27 28 29 Kretschmer was described by a friend as single and frustrated person who felt rejected by society 17 an anonymous friend described Kretschmer as a quiet student who has begun to withdraw its peers on February 30.
There was a table tennis player passionate and had hoped to become a professional player in February 30 Marko Habijanec, a Croatian table tennis player who led Kretschmer to the sports club Erdmannhausen between 2000 and 2003, remembers him as a little spoiled with her mother filling many of his requests According Habijanec 31, Kretschmer had great difficulty in accepting defeat, he would have a tantrum, screaming and throwing his racket 31 the coach said that having a high opinion of his own abilities, Kretschmer openly disparaged teammates 31 When Habijanec discussed Tim's attitude with his mother, he discovers that she sided fully with his son 31.
Media reports say he liked to play Counter-Strike video game and play with airsoft guns 17 32 33 Commentators have also noted that gambling addiction is a symptom of something wrong and not a cause 34 It also fired their weapons in the woods behind his house and also in the basement of his house 17 32 on his last day alive, Kretschmer played the video game Far Cry 2 online as JawsPredator1 35.
He had profiles MyVideo and other sites 36, he often played poker with his classmates in the Tunix coffee after school at 28 Waiblingen.
Upon inspection of his computer, agents found that Kretschmer was interested in sadomasochistic scenes where a man is bound and humiliated by women he saw a movie in the evening before his attacks 37.
Kretschmer has no criminal record 9 The press reported that in 2008, Kretschmer had received treatment a patient hospitalized Weissenhoff psychiatric clinic near the town of Heilbronn After being released, Kretschmer was supposed to continue treatment as an outpatient in Winnenden, but finished his treatment in September 38.
According to police and the clinic staff, he had been treated several times for clinical depression on an outpatient basis in 2008 his family has denied the allegations and claimed he never received psychiatric treatment 39 According to a psychiatric report prepared for the prosecutor's office, Kretschmer met five times with a therapist and spoke of his growing anger and violent impulses; the therapist informed Kretschmer's parents 37.
In a press conference on March 12, police said Kretschmer had announced his killing spree several hours in advance Krautchan 17 The next day, police determined that this message was not written on the computer Kretschmer was a fake and 40.
Three weeks before filming, Kretschmer had written a letter to his parents, saying he was suffering and could not continue 26.
The incident occurred a day after the massacre Geneva County, Alabama, in the US Some commentators thought that the events in the county of Geneva may have triggered the frenzy of shooting Kretschmer, but this has not been be verified.
In an interview in 2014, Kretschmer's parents said they had always loved their son and they did not have to explain his actions since they changed their name and moved to another city 41.
Kretschmer killed 15 people, including nine students and three teachers from the school before committing suicide They are 15 42 43.
Franz Josef Just, 57 worked at the psychiatric hospital.
Sigurt Peter Gustav Wilk, 46 customers at the car dealership.
Police searched the family home Kretschmer about 11 midnight on the day of shooting father Tim Kretschmer legally owned 15 guns as a member of a local marksmen club Schützenverein German 2 A 9 mm Beretta handgun was found missing and hundreds of rounds of ammunition Fourteen July 45 cannons were kept in a gun safe while Beretta was kept unsecured in the room 46.
Five days after the event, prosecutors have initiated preliminary proceedings against the father for negligent homicide since the gun was not locked properly according to law 47 The police confiscated the remaining 14 cannons Father announced that it voluntarily abandon its authorization of possession of weapons 20.
In November 2009, the Ministry of Public Prosecutor of Stuttgart announced that the father had been charged with negligent homicide, bodily injury caused by negligence and violation of the weapons law 48 February 10 2011, the state court in Stuttgart father found guilty of manslaughter in 15 cases, personal injury caused by negligence and abandonment neglect of a weapon the father received a suspended sentence of one year and nine months, 49 and appealed the verdict 50 the court of appeal rendered a suspended sentence of one year and six months in 2013 41.
German President Horst Köhler said he was shocked and saddened by the murder Köhler and his wife expressed their condolences to the victims and their families and friends 51 Chancellor Angela Merkel described the shootings incomprehensible It is unimaginable that in just seconds, students and teachers were killed is a terrible crime, she told reporters it was a day of mourning for all of Germany, she continued 1 Baden-Württemberg Minister President Günther Oettinger visited the scene of the crime by helicopter shortly after the news broke Oettinger spoke of a horrible and never explained the crime He also expressed condolences to the victims, students and families that touched Baden-Württemberg school, the city, the future, education, and raising children to destroy these things as it is particularly cruel 51 Parliament observed a minute of silence to honor the dead took place on ecumenical church service in Winnenden one night of the shooting, with Protestant, Catholic and Muslim clerics who officiate all German flags were flown half-staff until 13 March in memory of victims 52.
In the days that followed the event, some politicians have called for the legal consequences, including a total ban on all video games shooting, better monitoring of members of gun clubs, a directive to have all ammunition lodged with the police, and a provision to have members of the gun club store their weapons at home other licensed clubs such requests placebo 39 53.
The families of five victims have written an open letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Horst Köhler and the Baden-Württemberg Minister President Günther Oettinger with requests consequences They called for a ban on youth access to firearms in gun clubs, less violence on television, and a ban on violent video games They also requested the reporting of these incidents without highlighting the author, so as to minimize the risk of 54 55 imitators.
The German government passed a law in June 2009 to improve safety handgun with an electronic register of weapons throughout the country, increasing the age limit for large caliber weapons, and without notice, the random inspections in firearms owner homes for the requirements for storing locked guns were met mandatory biometric security systems must be introduced once technically feasible 56.
In May 2009, Germany announced its intention to ban games like paintball because they normalize and promote violence 57 58 The legislature did not prohibit fighting games like paintball, Gotcha and laserdrome; does not limit the number of firearms held weapons and has not had a requirement to store weapons with shooting clubs or restrictions regarding the storage of ammunition in private households 56.
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