Shooting people in Moscow: details of emergency

In Moscow to investigate the circumstances of the incident in the North-West of the capital. Unknown opened fire from the Windows of a house, injured two passers-by. During the arrest the suspect resisted and was wounded. A criminal case.

the Rumbling outside the house on the South-West of Moscow began on Sunday evening about half-past ten. The inhabitants of the sleeping area thought it was fireworks — one of the fun hooligans-teenagers.

“at least twenty minutes there was gunfire. Then I thought it was just claps, — says Natalia, a witness to the incident. — Very long bangs, I thought it was firecrackers. And then, when I went for a walk with the dogs, heard the girl cried aloud”.

Turned out to be not a childish prank. The girl, a scream which was heard by the neighbors, was one of the victims; she received a gunshot wound. We find out later that another wounded man.

footage from a surveillance camera clearly shows the moment when a passer-by grabs the left thigh and falls on the sidewalk. The first official comments: shooting from a second floor window.

Reported the sound of gunfire in one of the houses. Arrived at the scene the police, who upon arrival found that an unknown fired several shots from an unidentified weapon.

the block is sealed in a matter of minutes: police, rescuers, doctors. Began long negotiations about two hours, the police try to convince the shooter to surrender, but the man — according to some, in a state of extreme intoxication and not just rents guns, but continues firing. As a result, the security forces are forced to go on the assault.

in a few minutes from the entrance to take out man and put on a medical gurney. It is seen that doctors use a mobile ventilator.

According to preliminary data, the firing of hunting rifles from the Windows of his apartment was arranged by a former CEO of the plant “hammer and Sickle”. 50-year-old Dimiriy Pavlov was appointed to this position in 2013. There is information that he has not worked there for two months — the contract with them was terminated. However, now this information is checked by the investigators.

In a shootout during the arrest one of the officers was wounded. The investigative Committee opened three criminal cases — under articles “Attempt at murder”, “Hooliganism” and “Infringement on life of the employee of law enforcement bodies”.