On 24 January 2020, six people were killed and two others were wounded in a mass shooting in Rot am See, Germany. One suspect, a 26-year-old German citizen, was arrested after reporting himself to the police.
| 2020 Rot am See shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rot am See, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Date | 24 January 2020 12:45 pm (UTC+01:00) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, familicide |
| Weapons | 9mm semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 6 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Adrian Schurr |
| Motive | Unknown, possibly an inheritance dispute |
Shooting
editThe shooting either occurred inside a restaurant or inside a train station and a nearby house. The motive is suspected to be a family dispute. Three men and three women were killed, aged from 36 to 69.[1] The victims were family members of the shooter, including his parents. The shooting happened around 12:45 local time (11:45 UTC).[2] German authorities on Saturday increased their investigation into the motivation behind the shooting. Criminologist and criminal psychologist Rudolf Egg said that the shooter acted impulsively and explosively, ruling out the possibility that the attack was premeditated.[3][4]
Victims
editThree of the victims killed were men aged 36, 65 and 69, while the three others were women aged 36, 56 and 62. The police confirmed that two of the deceased were the suspect's parents.
Two other victims were alive and being treated in a local hospital, one with life-threatening injuries. Two people were found inside the house, and four people in front of it. The two injured victims were a man and a woman, whom the authorities said were "not locals." Officials were trying to determine what relationship they might have had to the suspect.[5]
On the Saturday night after, citizens of Rot am See placed memorial candles for the victims in the place.[6]
References
edit- ^ "6 dead, 2 injured after shooting in Germany, police say". ABC News. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "German shooting: Man kills six of his family in small town". BBC News. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Rot am See: Haftbefehl erlassen – Kriminalpsychologe analysiert die Tat: "Der Täter scheint..."". Merkur.de. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Zwei Verbrechen mit sieben Toten erschüttern Baden-Württemberg". RP.Online (in German). 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Germany: Shooting in Rot am See, six killed". Deutch Welle. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Sechs Tote bei Familientragödie in der Bahnhofstraße – Tatverdächtiger sitzt in U-Haft (In German)". swp.de. Retrieved 25 January 2020.