Teen gunman kills self after slaying 15 in Germany
tragedy, education, children, criminal

March 11, 2009, by OLIVER SCHMALE

WINNENDEN, Germany (AP) -- A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire inside his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday killing 15 people, 11 of them women and girls, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.

Police said the attacker's father, a gun club member, owned 16 guns, one of which was missing.