A resident of Taishet bought a toy gun as a gift for his son and decided to “test it out” by pointing the gun at a random woman. In this respect reported On the website of the Irkutsk regional police.
On October 18, a local resident contacted law enforcement and told them that an unidentified person had frightened his 54-year-old mother by pointing “an object that appeared to be a gun” at her. At that time, the woman was talking to her daughter on the phone but managed to see two strangers approaching her.
Meanwhile, one of them turned to his friend and said, “Don’t do this,” but the other did not listen to him, approached the passerby, put a gun to his forehead and asked for money. At the same time, when he saw the victim’s frightened face, he immediately lowered his hands and apologized to the woman. The man explained that his gun was not real and that he bought the toy gun as a gift for his son.
It turned out that the culprit of the incident was a 40-year-old local resident who had been convicted several times before. A new case was filed against him for theft. The suspect is currently in custody.
Young people from Khabarovsk before shot He attacks people with a toy gun.