Steinhäuser now went to the schoolyard. There he shot a teacher who had taken care of the evacuation of the students and had repeatedly driven them to leave the school grounds. Steinhäuser changed his magazine for the third and last time. At this time, five minutes after the first shot, the first police car arrived at the school. Steinhäuser opened fire on the police and one of the policemen shot back once. No one was hit in this shootout. Thereupon, Steinhäuser went quickly to the first floor and through a window fatally shot a policeman in the head.