Günter Hermann Ewen

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Günter Hermann Ewen (* 1962 in Dillingen / Saar ; † May 18, 1999 in Strassen , Luxembourg ) was a German gunman . On May 16, 1999, he killed four people in his hometown of Dillingen and another in Sierck-les-Bains and injured eleven others, some seriously. Two days later he shot himself while fleeing from the German and French police in a hotel in Strassen, Luxembourg.

Life

Günter Hermann Ewen was a trained concrete worker . The man described as silent and sensitive had already started drinking at the age of twelve. He was noticed early on as a tensioner and exhibitionist . In 1993 he was sentenced to five years imprisonment for rape and coercion , three of which he served. Then he wandered aimlessly in the bar scene in Dillingen.

did

Ewen visited a disco in Dillingen on May 16, 1999. In the course of the evening he was expelled from the pub because he could not pay. He bought a pump gun and a magnum from a shooter friend . Then he went back to the discotheque, where he first shot the manager and a bouncer and then fired into the crowd. He injured eight people. He then killed a French-British couple from the neighborhood with multiple shots. The French husband had incriminated him as a key witness in a theft and fraud case earlier this year . However, Ewen had been acquitted at the time. The 11-year-old daughter was also seriously injured in this act.

He then drove to Sierck-les-Bains in France and shot and killed a 39-year-old father while trying to steal his car. During his escape, he robbed two cars and injured the driver of a car and a firefighter.

On the subsequent escape he fled to Luxembourg, where he hid from the police in a hotel. He took his own life there when the police approached.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arndt Vowinkel, Thomas Zorn: A notorious failure ended his life after an unprecedented rampage. FOCUS online , May 22, 1999, accessed on May 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c Suicide in a hotel room. Spiegel Online , May 18, 1999, accessed May 3, 2017 .
  3. ^ World: Europe - Manhunt for border killer. BBC News , May 17, 1999, accessed May 3, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Christian Ebner: Horror in Dillingen after a bloody series of murders. Rhein-Zeitung , May 16, 1999, accessed on May 3, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Ewen, Günter Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gunman
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillingen / Saar
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1999
Place of death Strassen , Luxembourg