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Road workers in the Leningrad Region were shot at with a shotgun by a pensioner

A pensioner in the Leningrad Region fired a shotgun at road workers

A resident of the village of Kipen, Lomonosov district, Leningrad region, contacted the police on Wednesday, June 18. She saw an unknown person open fire with a shotgun on the Ropsha highway at workers who were laying asphalt.In the Leningrad region, road workers were shot at with a shotgun by a pensioner.

Road workers in the Leningrad Region were shot at with a shotgun by a pensioner
Фото: photo: Alexander Kryazhev, source: RIA Novosti

Police officers arrived at the scene of the incident and at about 20:20 detained the hooligan. He turned out to be a 76-year-old local resident. The law enforcers seized from the elderly man a smoothbore shotgun, 28 cartridges, a package with gunpowder, as well as shell casings.

The source told 47channel that the pensioner had a license for weapons, which expired back in 2019. On the fact of the shooting, a criminal case was opened under the article “Hooliganism”. Investigative actions are underway, the motives of the shooter are being established.

Earlier it became known that in St. Petersburg a child fell out of the 10th floor and died.

Author: Наталья Чудесатова

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