2020 Rot am See shooting
{{short description|Mass shooting in Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
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| location = Rot am See, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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| date = {{start date|2020|01|24|df=yes}}
| time = 12:45 pm
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| type = Mass shooting, familicide
| fatalities = 6
| injuries = 2
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| perpetrator = Adrian Schurr
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| weapons = 9mm semi-automatic pistol
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| motive = Unknown, possibly an inheritance dispute
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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.
Shooting
The 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.{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/injured-probable-deaths-shooting-germany-police/story?id=68502982|title=6 dead, 2 injured after shooting in Germany, police say|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=24 January 2020}} The victims were family members of the shooter, including his parents. The shooting happened around 12:45 local time (11:45 UTC).{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51235116|title=German shooting: Man kills six of his family in small town|date=24 January 2020|work=BBC News|access-date=24 January 2020|language=en-GB}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.merkur.de/welt/rot-am-see-schuesse-sek-einsatz-baden-wuerttemberg-tote-schuetze-schwaebisch-hall-polizei-zr-13497146.html|title=Rot am See: Haftbefehl erlassen – Kriminalpsychologe analysiert die Tat: "Der Täter scheint..."|work=Merkur.de|accessdate=25 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/panorama/deutschland/rot-am-see-sechs-menschen-getoetet-eine-person-schwebt-in-lebensgefahr_aid-48551037|title=Zwei Verbrechen mit sieben Toten erschüttern Baden-Württemberg|work=RP.Online|date=25 January 2020 |accessdate=25 January 2020|language=german}} The shooter had no prior criminal record.{{Cite web |last=Jüttner |first=Julia |date=28 June 2020 |title=30 Schüsse |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/sechsfachmord-in-rot-am-see-das-ist-ueber-den-fall-und-den-angeklagten-adrian-s-bekannt-a-5a1913bc-63fb-41d6-bfee-5cb89352956a |access-date=17 January 2025 |website=Der Spiegel |language=de}} The shooter accused his mother of trying to "poison him with female hormones" and said that she "destroyed his life". There was no evidence supporting the shooter's claims.{{Cite web |date=10 June 2020 |title=Sohn wegen Mordes verurteilt |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/rot-am-see-mord-prozess-1.4963022 |access-date=17 January 2025 |website=Süddeutsche Zeitung |language=de}} The shooter also claimed that his mother verbally abused him as a child and resented him for being born male since she wanted a second daughter instead.{{Cite web |last=Jüttner |first=Julia |date=29 June 2020 |title=Das Geständnis |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/rot-am-see-prozessauftakt-das-gestaendnis-von-adrian-s-a-dc3dbcee-328e-4e14-9d1f-0582f1e1c76c |access-date=17 January 2025 |website=Der Spiegel |language=de}}
=Victims=
Three 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-shooting-in-rot-am-see-six-killed/a-52139082|title=Germany: Shooting in Rot am See, six killed|work=Deutch Welle|accessdate=25 January 2020}}
On the Saturday night after, citizens of Rot am See placed memorial candles for the victims in the place.{{cite web|url=https://www.swp.de/blaulicht/crailsheim/schuesse-in-rot-am-see-verletzte-und-tote-nach-schiesserei-in-der-bahnhofstrasse-42926880.html|title=Sechs Tote bei Familientragödie in der Bahnhofstraße – Tatverdächtiger sitzt in U-Haft (In German)|work=swp.de|accessdate=25 January 2020}}
Aftermath
The shooter was sentenced to 15 years in prison and placement in a psychiatric hospital.{{Cite web |date=10 July 2020 |title=Sechsfachmörder kommt in die Psychiatrie |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/rot-am-see-sechsfachmoerder-kommt-in-die-psychiatrie-a-921c268d-5cc4-4255-9e7f-308fbd7a16e4 |access-date=16 January 2025 |website=Der Spiegel |language=de}}
References
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Category:2020 mass shootings in Europe
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