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Teen Kills 18 in Shooting Rampage  
April 27 2002 - Erfurt, Germany


An expelled 19 year old student dressed in black clothing entered Johann Gutenberg School, in Erfurt, Germany and commenced shooting.  Carrying a pistol and a shotgun, the student roamed the hallways killing and injuring. In the 10 minute rampage, 13 teachers, two female students, a school secretary and a police officer were killed.  4 people were injured. Police commandos stormed the school and were cornering the attacker when the 19 year old gunman killed himself.  

More than 180 students were in the school during the rampage.  Trapped students held a hastily made sign to the window of one room with the simple word "HELP" on it.  Some of the students who heard the shooting thought it was a joke until they saw a teacher dead in one of the hallways.  An unidentified woman who went to the school with the attacker said he once told her "One day, I want everyone to know my name and I want to be famous."

School Shootings In North America

MAY 1975 - Michael Slobodian 16, killed a teacher and student and wounded 13 others at Centennial Secondary School in Brampton Ontario before killing himself.

October 1978 - A 17 year old student shot a fellow 16 year old student at Sturgeon Creek Regional Secondary School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

December 1989 - 25 year old Marc Lepine shot and killed 14 women at the University of Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique Engineering School in Montreal Quebec. The gunman then killed himself.

February 1990 - At General Brock High School in Burlington, Ontario a teenager boy shot and wounded his former girlfriend.

June 1993 - At Gladstone Secondary School in Vancouver, BC a drive-by shooting left a teenager seriously wounded outside the school.

October 1997 - A 35 year old man shot and fatally wounded a 31 year old teacher at a Montreal, Quebec Immigration School. She had been his French teacher 3 years earlier.

December 1997 - West Paducah, Kentucky - A 14 year old student at Heath High School shot and killed 3 students and wounded 5 others. He iwas found guilty and is serving a life sentence.

March 1998 - Jonesboro, Ark. - Two students aged 13 and 11 shoot and kill four students and a teacher at Westside Middle School. Both students remain in custody.

May 1998 - Springfield, Oregon - 17 year old Kip Kinkel shot and killed two teenagers and wounded 20 other people at his high school. He is currently serving a 112 year sentence.

April 1999 - 12 Students and a teacher are killed at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado by two students who kill themselves at the end of their rampage.

April 1999 - Taber, Alberta - Two students are shot, one fatally at W.R. Myers High School.  The lone 14 year old gunman was a former student of the school. He was found guilty and sentenced to three years in a young offender center and seven years of community supervision.