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Robert STEINHÄUSER
 
 
 

 

Robert Steinhauser

 

 

Robert Steinhauser

 

 

Robert Steinhauser

 

 

Robert Steinhauser

 

 

The shooting started at approximately 11:05 a.m. Steinhauser had moved from classroom
to classroom, pausing briefly each time in the doorway to shoot the teacher.

 

 

A plea for help appeared in the window of a room where the gunman was barricaded.

 

 

Five minutes after the shooting began, police arrived outside the school.

 

 

Police rushed to the scene after shooting was reported at the school.

 

 

"Police called to the scene found a scene of horror. There were dead people in the corridors,
in the classrooms, one was found in the toilet," said one police spokesman.

 

 

The police had initially believed there was a second gunman, leading them to retake
the school room-by-room rather than storm the entire building.

 

 

Police officers wearing bulletproof vests crouched behind parked cars as they surrounded the building.

 

 

71 rounds were fired throughout the whole series of shootings.

 

 

The Erfurt massacre occurred on April 26, 2002 at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A young woman breaks into tears while mourning outside the Gutenberg high school in Erfurt, Germany.
(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

 

 

The teacher Rainer Heise  was considered to be a hero by some for locking Steinhäuser in a room
and stopping the killing, but later began to receive some backlash from the public.

 

 

April 27, 2002 - People place flowers outside the Gutenberg high school April 27, 2002 in Erfurt, Germany.
The day before former student Robert Steinhauser, armed with two weapons, entered the school and shot
to death 16 people, including 13 teachers and two students, before killing himself when cornered by police.
(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

 

 

April 27, 2002 - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder attends a commemorative mass with his wife Doris
at the main cathedral April 27, 2002 in Erfurt, Germany.  (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

 

 

A police tape marks the area outside the Gutenberg high school April 27, 2002 in Erfurt, Germany.
(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

 

 

Memorial plaque

 

 

The victims

 

 

 


 Robert Steinhäuser biography
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
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