Robert Steinhäuser



Robert Steinhäuser was a 19-year old German man who committed a mass shooting at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium secondary school in Erfut, Germany on April 26, 2002. He shot and killed 16 people: 13 staff members, two students, and one police officer, before committing suicide.

Steinhäuser's motive for committing the is unknown, but it is theorized that it may have been out of vengeance, as it was his former school and he had been previously expelled.

He exclusively targeted teachers and administrators during the shooting and mostly avoided students, though two students ended up being killed.

According to friends and family, Steinhäuser played violent video games, was a member of a gun club and collected firearms obsessively, and was allegedly a devil-worshipper.