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== Massacre == On the day of the shooting, before leaving his residence at his usual time, Steinhäuser armed himself with a [[9mm]] [[Glock 17|Glock 17C]] [[semi-automatic pistol]], a [[Mossberg 590|Mossberg 590 Mariner]] [[12-gauge]] [[pump-action shotgun]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gebauer |first=Matthias |date=2002-05-02 |title=Ladehemmung verhinderte noch größeres Blutbad |language=de |trans-title=Misfire prevents even greater bloodbath |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/erfurter-amoklauf-ladehemmung-verhinderte-noch-groesseres-blutbad-a-194501.html |access-date=2016-11-28}}</ref> which was unusable due to an earlier handling error, and a diving knife. Steinhäuser entered the school unmasked at approximately 10:45, carrying his weapons and ammunition concealed in either his sports bag or backpack. As Steinhäuser was in the hallway, he encountered the building's caretaker, and briefly talked with him. He asked whether or not Ms. Alt, the principal of the school, was in the building.<ref name="KommissionGutenberg-Gymnasium2019" /> He went into the men's lavatory on the ground floor and changed some of his clothes, including a black face mask. He left his coat, wallet and identification.<ref name="GuardianTeacher2002">{{Cite news |last=Hooper |first=John |date=2002-04-28 |title=How teacher stopped the school slaughter |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/28/schools.education |access-date=2013-04-25 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="GuardianSecret2002">{{Cite news |last=Hooper |first=John |date=2002-04-29 |title=Killer's secret behind revenge attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/29/schools.education |access-date=2013-04-25 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The shooting started shortly before 10:58 am. From the lavatory, Steinhäuser went to the school office. There he shot the deputy school principal and the secretary. In the next room was the headmistress, but Steinhäuser did not enter the room despite the door being unlocked. When the headmistress went to check the noise, Steinhäuser had already left the room. Upon discovering the bodies, she locked herself in her office and alerted the emergency services. Steinhäuser moved from classroom to classroom, pausing briefly each time in the doorway to shoot a teacher, then moving on to the next room. At 11:05 am, a janitor called the police. At 11:12 am, the first police car arrived at the school. Steinhäuser opened fire on the police, fatally shooting one of the policemen.<ref name="GuardianTeacher2002" /><ref name="KommissionGutenberg-Gymnasium2019" /> In front of the art material Room 111, Steinhäuser met the history and arts teacher Rainer Heise. In later interviews Heise gave conflicting versions of the event, claiming that either he himself or Steinhäuser had removed his mask, after which he told Steinhäuser to shoot him while looking him in the eyes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brinkemper |first=Peter V. |date=2002-04-29 |title=Schau mir in die Augen |language=de |trans-title=Look me in the eyes |work=[[Telepolis]] |url=https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Schau-mir-in-die-Augen-3425047.html |access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> Steinhäuser is then said to have lowered his weapon and to have replied: "Herr Heise, für heute reichts." [Mr Heise, that's enough for today.]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-04-28 |title=Lehrer berichtet über das Zusammentreffen mit dem Täter: "Robert, hast du geschossen?" |language=de |trans-title=Teacher reports encounter with the offender: "Robert, did you shoot?" |work=[[Rheinische Post]] |url=https://rp-online.de/panorama/robert-hast-du-geschossen_aid-8504133 |access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> According to Heise, he used this opportunity to push Steinhäuser into the art material room to lock him up there together with his gun. Steinhäuser then shot himself, his body being found by police a few hours later.<ref>{{cite news |date=2002-04-27 |title=Brave teacher stopped gun rampage |language=en-US |work=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/04/27/germany.shooting/ |access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> From the first shot to Steinhäuser's suicide the spree lasted no more than 20 minutes. One and a half hours later, Steinhäuser's body was found by a special police detachment (SEK) in Room 111. The gunman had killed 16 people: the school's assistant principal, secretary, ten teachers, one trainee-teacher, two students, and one police officer.<ref name="TESMagazine2002">{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Yojana |date=2002-05-03 |title=Massacre victims mourned |language=en-GB |website=[[TES Magazine]] |url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/massacre-victims-mourned |access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref> In total one third of the school's faculty were killed, and two students were shot by rounds fired through a locked door.<ref name="CNN2002" /><ref name="GuardianTeacher2002" /> He fired around 71 shots in total during the massacre.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=TIME |date=2002-05-06 |title=Massacre at Erfurt |url=https://time.com/archive/6644956/massacre-at-erfurt/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=AOAV |date=2014-04-17 |title=15 shootings that changed the law: Erfurt, 2002 |url=https://aoav.org.uk/2014/erfurt-2002/ |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=AOAV |language=en-US}}</ref>
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