Romanshorn shooting
| Romanshorn shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Romanshorn, Switzerland |
| Date | August 30/31, 1912 |
| Attack type | Mass murder |
| Weapon(s) |
Schmidt 1882 Revolver Schmidt-Rubin 1911 Rifle |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 7 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Hermann Schwarz |
The Romanshorn shooting was an act of mass murder that occurred in the town of Romanshorn, Switzerland, on August 30, 1912. On that evening, Hermann Schwarz, a 25-year-old local resident, opened fire at people in the street from the second-storey window of his apartment. In the initial shooting and the following siege Schwarz shot a total of twelve men, six of them fatally, before managing to escape into a nearby forest. While police and townsmen engaged in an extensive search operation the gunman killed another person and evaded capture until the next day, when he was shot and wounded and subsequently taken into custody.
In the following months Schwarz was examined by several psychiatrists and was found to suffer from mental illness, resulting in his acquittal due to insanity. He was ordered to be institutionalized for the rest of his life.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ Crazy soldier kills four, The New York Times (September 1, 1912)
- ↑ Madman shoots, kills; captured, The Spokesman-Review (September 29, 1912)
External links
- Soldier seized by murder mania, The Atlanta Constitution (September 1, 1912)
- Soldier amuck, kills four, The Washington Post (September 1, 1912)