School Shooting in Heidelberg, Germany

A shooter has killed at least one woman and injured 4 others after opening fire in a college lecture theatre with a double barrel shotgun and lever action rifle. The shooter was found dead after committing suicide. Authorities have ruled out any potential political motives and are investigating further.

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Weapons used in the attack:
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The suspect (18-year-old biology student at the university) reportedly texted his father before the shooting telling him that "people needed to be punished now" and asking for a burial at sea. The weapons he used in the shooting were acquired abroad and carried a backpack that had 100 rounds of ammunition.
It honestly seemed as though it could have turned out so much worse with how much ammunition the shooter had. I wonder if his motive is just misanthropy or revenge for something.

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Nikolai G was an 18 years old university student. He injured four women, a 23 year old student passed away from having sustained head trauma hours later. He then proceeded to walk over to his would be suicide site a botanical garden; along the way he did not fire any additional shots.

lognifiiskurk wrote:

The suspect (18-year-old biology student at the university) reportedly texted his father before the shooting telling him that "people needed to be punished now" and asking for a burial at sea. The weapons he used in the shooting were acquired abroad and carried a backpack that had 100 rounds of ammunition.
It honestly seemed as though it could have turned out so much worse with how much ammunition the shooter had. I wonder if his motive is just misanthropy or revenge for something.

Considering the low kill count I have to wonder if maybe the attack was targeted at people he hated. Hopefully the police release details on if there was a connection between him and the victims.

QuestionMark wrote:

lognifiiskurk wrote:

The suspect (18-year-old biology student at the university) reportedly texted his father before the shooting telling him that "people needed to be punished now" and asking for a burial at sea. The weapons he used in the shooting were acquired abroad and carried a backpack that had 100 rounds of ammunition.
It honestly seemed as though it could have turned out so much worse with how much ammunition the shooter had. I wonder if his motive is just misanthropy or revenge for something.

Considering the low kill count I have to wonder if maybe the attack was targeted at people he hated. Hopefully the police release details on if there was a connection between him and the victims.

It's come out that the girl he killed was his intended target as he ignored numerous people who he saw during the shooting.

lognifiiskurk wrote:

QuestionMark wrote:

lognifiiskurk wrote:

The suspect (18-year-old biology student at the university) reportedly texted his father before the shooting telling him that "people needed to be punished now" and asking for a burial at sea. The weapons he used in the shooting were acquired abroad and carried a backpack that had 100 rounds of ammunition.
It honestly seemed as though it could have turned out so much worse with how much ammunition the shooter had. I wonder if his motive is just misanthropy or revenge for something.

Considering the low kill count I have to wonder if maybe the attack was targeted at people he hated. Hopefully the police release details on if there was a connection between him and the victims.

It's come out that the girl he killed was his intended target as he ignored numerous people who he saw during the shooting.

That doesn't necessarily exclude the possibility of him also trying to kill other students. Why would he go through the struggle of obtaining 2 illegal guns and over 100 rounds of ammunition just to kill one person? Something about that doesn't add up to me.

lognifiiskurk wrote:

QuestionMark wrote:

lognifiiskurk wrote:

The suspect (18-year-old biology student at the university) reportedly texted his father before the shooting telling him that "people needed to be punished now" and asking for a burial at sea. The weapons he used in the shooting were acquired abroad and carried a backpack that had 100 rounds of ammunition.
It honestly seemed as though it could have turned out so much worse with how much ammunition the shooter had. I wonder if his motive is just misanthropy or revenge for something.

Considering the low kill count I have to wonder if maybe the attack was targeted at people he hated. Hopefully the police release details on if there was a connection between him and the victims.

It's come out that the girl he killed was his intended target as he ignored numerous people who he saw during the shooting.

It did not "come out" that he was targeting the girl. There is ZERO confirmation he targeted her. He told his dad he was going to go and punish some people, not punish a singular person. Punishing people sounds like something a typical mass shooter would say, it reminds me of the Kazan shooter saying he was gonna take out bio waste. Very likely this kid killed the other student and realized that killing people wasn't like in the movies / in his fantasies and the adrenaline and urge to kill wore off.

""After the rampage at the university in Heidelberg, investigators are investigating clues that the suspect was a member of the right-wing extremist party "The Third Way" in the past and left it in 2019, i.e. when he was still a minor. , the evaluations of the perpetrator's digital media and testimonies from his personal environment have so far not revealed any evidence of radicalization or contacts of the alleged perpetrator in the right-wing spectrum statement by the public prosecutor's office in Heidelberg and the police headquarters in Mannheim .

It cannot be ruled out that the suspect's mental illness could have been the cause of the crime, it said. However, reliable statements on the motive for the crime are reserved for further investigations. There is currently no evidence of a personal relationship between the alleged perpetrator and the victims. "

Bought guns in Austria

"According to the information, the 18-year-old procured a total of three weapons in Austria. Two of these weapons were secured at the scene along with around 150 rounds of ammunition. The third weapon, a rifle, was found by the Austrian police in a room that the 18-year-old had rented during his stay in Austria.

According to the current status of the investigation, he is said to have purchased the two weapons used in the crime in Heidelberg from an arms dealer and the third from a private individual in Austria. The extent to which the arms dealer or his employees are criminally responsible for the sale of arms is the subject of an ongoing investigation, the statement said."