A shooting incident in Kaliningrad leads to a detention
A man was detained in Kaliningrad after a shooting in a parking lot. The report comes from the Kaliningrad regional Ministry of Internal Affairs and outlines the sequence of events as they were recorded that morning.
The incident occurred in a parking area on Automobile Street in the early hours. A witness contacted the police to report the shooting and the conflict between two men. Shortly after, medical personnel notified the guard department that a 31 year old man had been admitted to a hospital with a non penetrating wound to the abdomen. Doctors removed a rubber bullet from his abdominal wall and provided treatment on site and at the hospital. Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kaliningrad region.
Investigators at the scene recovered five cartridges and forwarded them for examination to establish their origin and caliber. Law enforcement officers proceeded to detain the suspect not long after the evidence was collected. The detained man provided notes that the confrontation escalated from a long standing personal hostility toward his rival, and he indicated that the dispute had turned violent when the shooting occurred. It is believed that a traumatic or rubber bullet was used in the incident, after which the weapon was discarded somewhere nearby. Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kaliningrad region.
Authorities opened a criminal case against the shooter. He was ordered not to leave the site of the investigation as part of the procedural measures. The potential sentence, if convicted for deliberately causing minor harm to health, could reach up to two years in prison. Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kaliningrad region.
Earlier reports mentioned a separate incident in which a passerby and two police officers were wounded during a dispute involving a girl. This earlier event is noted by local authorities in connection with ongoing concerns about public safety in the city. Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kaliningrad region.