A man held hostage by a teenager on a shooting spree said in an interview published today that the boy described killing 12 people at his former high school as fun and wanted to attack a second school.
A man held hostage by a teenager on a shooting spree said in an interview published today that the boy described killing 12 people at his former high school as "fun" and wanted to attack a second school. Igor Wolf (41) said Tim Kretschmer (17) jumped into the back seat of his car after fleeing the school, put a gun to Wolf's head and forced him to drive away at high speed.
Wolf said he asked Kretschmer why he had killed people at the school. "He answered very loudly, 'for fun because it's fun'," said Wolf.
Kretschmer also asked, "Do you think we can find another school?" said Wolf.
Wolf recalled that the killer pointed a 9 mm Beretta pistol at him with his right hand and used his left hand to reload. "He was preparing himself for the next shooting that's what went through my mind," Wolf said.
Afraid for his life, Wolf veered his car off the road and escaped on foot unharmed when he caught sight of a police car. Wolf said he had considered trying to escape at a red light, but saw children and women pushing strollers.
Kretschmer killed 12 students and teachers at the school and a bystan-der on March 11 before taking Wolf captive. After the drive, the troubled teenager killed two more people before fatally shooting himself in the head.
On Tuesday, his family issued a statement saying they had been agonising over how they failed to notice Tim's "despair and hatred".
