A 37-year-old Kyiv resident will go on trial in the capital. He is accused of causing a traffic accident and then opening fire. The man was drunk.
This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Kyiv.
It is noted that the incident occurred last year in the Solomyanskyi district of the capital. Law enforcement officers were notified of a fight and shots fired. At the scene, police found that the driver of a Porsche SUV had collided with a VAZ car and also damaged several other cars. After the accident, the man behaved aggressively and clashed with witnesses and participants in the car accident.
Road accident in Kyiv. National Police/Telegram
“During the fight, the offender hit a 26-year-old passenger in one of the cars, and when the 22-year-old driver tried to stand up for the woman, he pulled out a traumatic gun and fired several shots in her direction. The victim with a non-penetrating gunshot wound was hospitalized by doctors and provided with the necessary assistance,” the report says.
Law enforcement officers noticed that the defendant was drunk, but he refused to undergo a physical examination. A report was drawn up against the man under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Driving under the influence . The weapon was seized, and the collected evidence became the basis for bringing the suspect to criminal responsibility.
Currently, investigators from the Solomyansk Police Department have completed the pre-trial investigation and sent charges to the court under Part 4 of Article 296 Hooliganism committed with particular audacity and with the use of an object specially adapted for inflicting bodily harm of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The most severe sanction of the article provides for up to seven years of imprisonment.
Earlier, it was reported about an incident in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv. Near a residential building, a 40-year-old man was drinking alcohol in the company of friends and provoked a conflict with local residents. During the argument, the Kyiv resident pulled out a traumatic pistol, shot at two passers-by and wounded two men. Law enforcement officers identified him and searched for him. The suspect faces up to 7 years in prison.