Winnenden school shooting

Winnenden school shooting
Albertville-Realschule in Winnenden, six days after the shooting
LocationWinnenden and Wendlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coordinates48°52′07″N 9°23′55″E / 48.86861°N 9.39861°E / 48.86861; 9.39861
Date11 March 2009 (2009-03-11)
09:30 – 13:08 (CET)
TargetStudents and teachers
Attack type
School shooting, mass shooting, mass murder, spree shooting, murder–suicide[1]
WeaponsBeretta 92FS[1][2][3]
Deaths16 (including the perpetrator and 2 in Wendlingen)[1][2]
Injured9[4]
PerpetratorTim Kretschmer[1][2]
MotiveUnknown

The Winnenden school shooting occurred on the morning of 11 March 2009 at the Albertville-Realschule, a secondary school in Winnenden, southwestern Germany, followed by a shootout at a car dealership in nearby Wendlingen.[1][5] The shooting spree resulted in 16 deaths, including the suicide of the perpetrator, 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer, who had graduated from the school a year earlier.[1] Nine people were injured during the incident.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "'German school gunman 'kills 15'". BBC News. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference schoolshoot-AP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Die Tatwaffe". Spiegel Online. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Amoklauf in Winnenden". Local Police authorities. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  5. ^ "German Police Say School Shooting Kills at Least Nine". Deutsche Welle. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2009.