The
Winnenden school shooting occurred on the morning of 11 March 2009 at a secondary school in
Winnenden, Baden-Württemberg, in 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 one year earlier. He also injured nine people during the incident.