shot at school
Near gymnasium 622 in the Vyborg district of St. Petersburg, an unidentified person shot a 42-year-old man in the back of the head as he accompanied two young children to classes. Wrote online publication “Fontanka”, citing eyewitness accounts.
The publication published photos from the scene. The photos show a man lying on the road. According to the publication’s interlocutors, the attacker approached the man from behind and shot him while he was helping the children out of the car and disappeared.
The shooter used the Makarov pistol. At the scene, police found a 9 mm casing from the gun.
Eyewitnesses speaking to “78” TV channel they sayIt was stated that the man was shot while taking his children to school and returning to the car.
The incident occurred around 8.30 am on February 20. According to the information obtained by Fontanka sources, education at the school was not suspended due to the incident.
They are looking for the shooter
The injured person survived. With data Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in St. He was hospitalized, according to the St. Petersburg press service.
According to what is written on the “78” website, the victim’s name is Rustambek A., a citizen of Uzbekistan. The man is breathing but unconscious. As a result of the incident, the children escaped unharmed.
St. Petersburg investigators opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 30, section 1 art. The press service of the Regional Investigative Committee reported that Article 105 of the Criminal Code (attempted murder). The heaviest penalty that can be given according to this article is 11 years and 3 months imprisonment.
“According to the investigation, on the morning of February 20, 2024, on the Vyborg highway, an unknown criminal fired a firearm into the head of a 42-year-old man with lethal intent for unknown reasons and then fled the scene,” the regional investigative committee reported.
Law enforcement is currently investigating the scene. The shooter is sought and the cause of the crime is determined.
I shot the wrong man
According to agency interlocutors RIA NewsSacrifice, St. He is the driver of a lawyer from St. Petersburg. Fontanka sources believe that the criminal’s target was precisely the victim’s boss.
Telegram channel VChK-OGPU claimsHe said that the target of the assassination attempt was lawyer Viktor Patrushev.
An RIA Novosti source reported that the lawyer met immediately after the incident. He said that he does not work with high-profile crimes, but prosecutes cases in arbitration court.