In several houses in the Holosiivskyi district, Oleksandr Perga was well known by everyone, from children to elderly residents. “Uncle Sasha” was there every day: he greeted people, helped with the housework, and looked after the yard. He was killed during a shooting in Kyiv not far from where he worked as a janitor.
This is reported by the correspondents of Suspilny.
He always greeted his neighbors and treated local children to sweets. All three houses knew Oleksandr. He also took care of the yard itself – he planted trees, including Christmas trees. He wanted fruit trees to grow here.
Most often, neighbors saw the man walking on the street with his cat, about which a lot was written on social networks after the tragedy.
“He picked up a small kitten and raised it so that it followed him without a leash, like a dog. It would pat itself on the shoulder and walk like that. The animal has been living in the village for a long time, and we feed the yard cats,” says neighbor Yana.
Oleksandr Perga. petition.kyivcity.gov.ua
Oleksandr has worked at the ZhED since 2021. On the day of the shooting, he was at work, and later found himself near the scene of the events when he returned from the fair.
The head of the housing and operational department, Valentyn Brevus, said that Oleksandr and the shooter were acquaintances – he lived in the same building and often turned to him about everyday issues.
“This person who shot was a fairly active man. In the entrance he was installing doors, doing some kind of routine repairs. If there were any questions, Oleksandr helped him. I was very surprised that something like this could happen. He looked like an ordinary person,” said Valentin.
Meanwhile, a petition has appeared on social media asking for a memorial to be erected at the site of the tragedy.
As reported on the Kyiv24 TV channel, surveillance cameras recorded how the attacker, after the first shots, returned to the entrance, where a wounded child was sitting on the sidewalk, and her father was lying next to her.
At the moment when the shooter opened fire on the boy again, a janitor ran up to him. Doctors diagnosed the man with bullet wounds to the liver, stomach, and intestines. He died in the hospital a day later. They said goodbye to him on April 22.
What is known about the shooting in Kyiv?
In the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv on April 18, a man opened fire on passersby on the street, and then broke into a supermarket, where he held those present hostage.
The attacker was eliminated during the assault on the store. The shooting left six people dead and 14 injured, including a child. The SBU qualifies the shooting of civilians as a terrorist attack.
Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko ordered an internal investigation into the actions of the police officers, who have already been suspended from duty for the period of the investigation.
This happened after a video was posted on social media showing two police officers running away when they heard gunshots. The head of the Patrol Police Department of Ukraine, Yevhen Zhukov, resigned due to the actions of police officers during the terrorist attack in Kyiv.
On April 20, it became known that the death toll had risen to seven — one of the wounded died in the hospital.
Two officers of the Kyiv patrol police have been charged with negligence of duty with grave consequences for their actions during a terrorist attack in the Holosiivskyi district.
On April 21, the Pechersk District Court selected a preventive measure for Mykhailo Drobnytskyi and Anna Dudina, two officers of the Kyiv patrol police who fled during the shooting. They were sentenced to 60 days in custody with the right to bail in the amount of 266,240 hryvnias for each. On April 22, bail was posted for both suspects.