What is the matter with people? First that horrific shooting in Alabama, and now this: a 17-year-old German man visited his former high school today and took it upon himself to shoot — and kill — at least 15 people.

According to police, the teenager escaped the school but was reportedly shot by police in a shopping mall in nearby Winnenden. Regional police described the scene to the Associated Press as a "bloodbath." The alleged gunman graduated from the Albertville high school last year, police said.

Click here for more on the story from UK’s The Guardian.