2009 Winnenden shootings

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
WeaponsBeretta 92FS
Deaths16 (including the perpetrator and 2 in Wendlingen)
Injured9
PerpetratorTim Kretschmer
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. 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. Another nine people were injured during the incident.