Dossenheim rampage

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During the rampage in Dossenheim , a 71-year-old man shot and killed two men on August 21, 2013, injuring five people, some of them life-threatening, and then killing himself. The case caused great horror, not least because the reason for the multiple murders was a void argument was a utility bill for an apartment building.

background

The 71-year-old perpetrator was a marksman and lived in Dossenheim near Heidelberg with his wife as a pensioner in an apartment building. He had been a member of rifle clubs for decades and had not been noticed until then. He bought the murder weapon in Heidelberg in 1992. In addition to the pistol, he legally owned six other firearms.

The pensioner had owned an apartment in the Dossenheim residential complex since 1979. Before the act, there were always arguments with other owners. Multiple disagreements within the group were brought to court.

procedure

Criminal weapon ČZ 75 9 mm

The owners' meeting took place in the club house of TSG Germania 1889 Dossenheim . There the perpetrator had a dispute with the other owners about the utility bill 2012. After he threatened one of the women present, the manager of the community of owners expelled the angry pensioner from the room. Witnesses later reported, according to the NOZ , that the later perpetrator ordered something to drink at the counter and looked visibly nervous. After dropping a coke and paying for it, he went upstairs to the clubhouse where the meeting was taking place. A quarter of an hour had passed since he was evicted. He stormed into the meeting with a nine-millimeter Česká 75 , which was taking place in an adjoining room. According to the police, the pensioner fired a total of 17 shots at the only eight present from 6:51 p.m. He shot 13 times in the next room. He chased a fleeing co-owner through the restaurant to the terrace and fired two more shots. After 15 shots he changed the magazine. Then the perpetrator killed himself with a shot in the right temple.

According to the Heidelberg public prosecutor's office, the 54-year-old man who was killed was the focus of the perpetrator in his capacity as an administrative advisory board for the homeowners association. Among the five injured is the 70-year-old wife of the perpetrator, who was in the room with six other owner representatives. It was unclear whether the perpetrator targeted his wife or not. The wife had taken refuge under a table with another woman.

At the time of the crime, there were a total of 50 club members and guests, including children , on the large area of ​​the sports club. The two men shot had lived in the Dossenheim apartment building with eight apartments under one roof with the later gunman.

Five days after the rampage, a funeral service was held in Dossenheim, during which a written apology was read out to the family of the gunman ( we can only apologize from the bottom of our hearts for the suffering ).

rating

The police found that the perpetrator was not mentally ill. According to the police, it was inexplicable how the man could react.

The perpetrator's weapons were properly locked and separated from the ammunition. According to the police, the man was not particularly fond of guns. As a marksman, having multiple weapons is normal.

The act was followed by a public discussion about the handling of firearms in the hands of private individuals. The Winnenden Amok run alliance pushed for stricter gun laws after the act of Dossenheim: The guns of sport shooters must finally be stored centrally and specially secured, said a spokesman, pointing out that if the perpetrator had no access to the gun, it would not have to be Act would have come.

International reporting (selection)

In addition to domestic reporting, the incident also attracted international media interest.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amok run in Dossenheim - 3 dead, 5 injured Offenders also shot at his wife Bild.de
  2. ^ The perpetrator in Dossenheim was a sports shooter welt.de.
  3. Dossenheim is under shock after a rampage stern.de
  4. Sympathy in Dossenheim  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Video)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rp-online.de  
  5. ^ Dossenheim - the perpetrator of the double murder is a 71-year-old sports shooter ( memento from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Press release of the PD Heidelberg from August 21, 2013. Accessed October 3, 2013.
  6. ^ Fatal shots from Dossenheim: financial dispute as a motive - SPIEGEL ONLINE
  7. ↑ The rampage in Dossenheim: It was about ancillary costs - news, pictures and videos from the celebrities and from the scene - noz.de ( Memento from August 25, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  8. Family of the gunman from Dossenheim apologizes stuttgarter-zeitung.de
  9. [1] stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
  10. rampage in sports Local: Family apologizes hna.de
  11. ↑ The rampage of Dossenheim family of the rampage Frankfurter Rundschau apologizes
  12. ^ Dossenheim bloodbath The gunman's family apologizes berliner-kurier.de
  13. ^ Dossenheim: gunman was not mentally ill - SPIEGEL ONLINE

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