Moscow06.12.2021 - 14:31

Law enforcers detain man who started shooting in the center of Moscow

Moscow police have now detained a suspect in a shooting that occurred today in the center of the metropolis during a traffic conflict.

Фото: from open sources

The driver of the Cadillac Escalade who shot a cab driver with a traumatic weapon in the center of Moscow this afternoon has been detained, he has previously been prosecuted for theft and was registered with a drug dispensary. Also a man from Dnepropetrovsk, in 2017, several times hit a man with a screwdriver, causing him serious bodily injury.

Earlier it was reported that there was a traffic conflict with shooting on 2 Brestskaya Street in Moscow. The driver of a Cadillac Escalade shot the cab driver, after which he fled. The plan "Interception" was declared in the city. The injured man was hospitalized. The preliminary cause of the shooting was that the cab driver did not give way to the SUV.

Investigations into the incident are under control of the Moscow prosecutor's office.

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