Bad Reichenhall rampage

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The rampage in Bad Reichenhall occurred around noon on November 1, 1999 in Bad Reichenhall . 16-year-old Martin Peyerl shot four people and injured five others before killing himself.

Sequence of events

On the occasion of All Saints' Day , a public holiday in Bavaria, Martin Peyerl's parents visited his grandmother's grave in the cemetery in Piding on November 1, 1999 , while he stayed at home alone. Around noon, the sister came home, who had previously worked in the hospital just 50 meters away . What happened when the siblings met in the apartment could not be clarified by the criminal police - "they will probably never be able to (clarify) it again".

At lunchtime, the youth started shooting a semi - automatic self - loading rifle from two windows of his parents' apartment. A 59-year-old neighbor and her 60-year-old husband were hit by a total of ten bullets and were presumably dead on the spot. The gunman hit a patient who was smoking in front of the hospital entrance with another rifle and died one day after his injuries is.

The five injured included a. the actor Günter Lamprecht , who wanted to enter the clinic for an examination at the time of the crime and was hit by two shots from a 6-shot revolver , as well as his partner Claudia Amm and his driver.

When the police stormed the gunman's apartment a few hours later, they discovered his body and that of his 18-year-old sister. He had "literally executed" his sister with no apparent trace of a fight with five shots from the revolver in the head, chest and one arm, the gunman himself had shot himself in the bathtub with a shotgun .

backgrounds

Conjecture about the motive

Why the locksmith's apprentice who grew up in Bad Reichenhall became a shooter or what the specific cause or motive for his act was, could not be finally and unequivocally clarified.

First assumptions for the background of his motif were:

  • During his school days he was regarded as a quiet, inconspicuous boy, but also as a loner without friends, of whom a classmate said that he was "constantly ripped off" by others. It was also said that “he was a fan of brutal video games.” First breaking news drew a comparison and a. with the rampage at Columbine High School .
  • Shortly after the crime, suspicions were made in the press as to whether the perpetrator was a neo-Nazi , as he was a. According to his classmates, he “stuck Nazi pictures in his homework book” and the police found a swastika on the wall in his room as well as several Wehrmacht symbols and music CDs with content glorifying violence.

The then chief investigator of the Traunstein public prosecutor's office ruled out a right-wing extremist background as well as alcohol or drug abuse just a few days after the crime - it was only “clear that the motive lies in the personality of the perpetrator”. And this “meager knowledge” could last for years nothing new will be added later. According to the psychiatrist Lothar Adler, the perpetrator was one of those narcissistic personalities in the pathological sense , whose ambitious ideas about themselves would not match the external perception. Such disturbed personalities perceive the reactions of others as insults, which they can accept but not forget "until they strike against what they believe to be an unjust world".

Weapons used

After twelve years in the armed forces, most recently as a non-commissioned officer with a maintenance squad in the Bad Reichenhall barracks, the father of the young gunman was a sports shooter and was described as a gun fanatic. For 17 weapons - five revolvers and pistols and twelve guns - he had a weapons permit get issued, in addition he had two more guns without such weapons legal authorization to possess.

His son Martin used these weapons as weapons. a. a Ruger M-14 (semi-automatic self-loading rifle) and a Colt Python (6-shot revolver).

  • Ruger M-14

  • Colt python

Reactions

Political discourse at the federal level

After this rampage in Bad Reichenhall, a tightening of the gun law was discussed and the then Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily ( SPD ) announced stricter regulations for the storage of guns. But it was not until ten years later that the Winnenden rampage led to changes in the gun laws in Germany . a. Have made violations of the retention obligation of an administrative offense a criminal offense and punish them with a fine or a prison sentence of up to three years.

Legal processing

The act resulted in spite of the announcement commissioned by Günter Lamprecht Attorney Rolf Bossi to no prosecutions in the meantime (as of 2009) estranged parents. "The files are also closed in the proceedings against the father of the young shooter," whose gun safe was apparently not sufficiently secured "to prevent the rampage in Bad Reichenhall on the day of the dead."

No public commemoration on site

In 2009, hardly anyone wanted to be reminded of the terrible events in the “tranquil spa town in the Bavarian-Austrian border area” and the mayor at the time, Wolfgang Heitmeier, refused to comment. His successor Herbert Lackner also only said "I was not involved in the matter" and after the collapse of the Bad Reichenhall ice rink (2006) "that (..) is no longer an issue."

Consequences for the victims

Only the consequences for the two prominent victims who were shot and who survived the rampage seriously injured were mentioned in public. Five years after the incident, Günter Lamprecht complained of nightmares and sleepless nights as a result of the crime. It is known from his partner Claudia Amm that her serious gunshot wounds were followed by a long convalescence period . There is no information about any successful claims for damages by the victims and / or their surviving dependents.

Individual evidence

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