On Saturday evening, February 15, shooting occurred in the center of Kaliningrad. As a result, two people died, the attacker committed suicide.

Investigative bodies of the IC of the Russian Federation in the Kaliningrad region opened a criminal case against a 63-year-old man who is suspected of committing a crime under subsection “a” of part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code ("The murder of two or more persons").

According to the investigation, the incident occurred at about 19:00 (20:00 Moscow time) on the street of Professor Baranov. The suspect fired several shots from a hunting carbine at three passers-by. As a result of the shooting from a wound, a man and a woman died on the spot.

“Immediately after the incident, the suspect tried to settle accounts with life. With a gunshot wound to the chest, he was hospitalized in a medical institution, where he died, ”the report said.

In addition, the UK noted that a 13-year-old teenager was hospitalized with a gunshot wound.

However, later the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child in the Kaliningrad Region, Irina Tkachenko, stated that the child was not injured.

“The child did not receive any injuries, he has a psychological trauma ... Currently, he has been handed over to his relatives, and the psychologist is working with him,” TASS reports the words of the Ombudsman.

Tkachenko also noted that the deceased man and woman were the parents of the boy.

An investigation team works at the crime scene. A set of measures is being taken to establish all the circumstances of the crime, including the motive for the murder.

“According to preliminary data, the motive for the crime is personal hostility. The criminal investigation is ongoing, ”the UK said.

According to TASS, citing a source in law enforcement, the deceased was pregnant.

According to the Mash Telegram channel, Vadim Yangolenko and Daria Efimova became victims of the incident at the Central market of Kaliningrad. They were shot by Fazil Bahramov, and the conflict was allegedly connected with the "sharing of market places."

  • Video from the shooting site in Kaliningrad, where a man killed a couple

“I walked along the street, I hear pops”

According to the Internet portal "New Kaliningrad", a student of the Kaliningrad Marine Fisheries College was a witness to the crime. He said that at the time of the shooting he passed by Baranova Street.

“I walked along the street, I hear pops. Well, like firecrackers, three to four pops. I see: a man runs out, runs straight. And after him the shooter. And the shooter hits straight at the man, and the man falls near the yellow car. I ran to the man to see whether he was alive or not, then I looked around: a woman in a half squat was near a white car. She had a wounded knee, and she asked me for help, begging me to come, ”said the young man.

According to him, he wanted to come up and help the woman, but he heard the next shots.

“Then I heard another shot and ran back. I look around and see that the woman at the car is already dead. After two to three seconds, I hear another shot — it was the attacker who had already tried to commit suicide. Running up to him, I grabbed a weapon, moved three meters away and held it at gunpoint. He was still alive, breathing. About a minute later, when the Russian Guard came up, I put down my weapon and moved away from the scene, ”said the student.

“I thought that firecrackers, but people ran away in different directions”

According to the local online publication Klops.ru, Kaliningrad residents gathered at the scene 10 minutes after the incident. At this point, the police had already cordoned off the perimeter.

“We are approaching: the body itself lies on the road, the pregnant woman lies behind the car killed and one body, as we were told, lies in the ambulance. A witness stands and tells all this to the police, this whole situation, he says that he heard a pregnant woman asking for help. He approached this woman, and the shooter at that time began to shoot at the sky. The woman was injured, after that the shooter shot again at the woman, she fell, ”said a local resident.

Another Kaliningrader said that he was in a traffic jam when firing occurred at the Central Market.

“I stood in traffic and heard the sounds of shooting. I thought that firecrackers, but people ran away in different directions. When he left, only the bodies were lying, ”he explained.

The administration of the Central Market reported that they do not yet know the details of what happened.

“We are sorting out, one of the entrepreneurs, call back better tomorrow, there will be no more details today,” quotes Klops.ru market director Sergei Zvanyuk.

In addition, a market guard said that the victims worked as sellers in one of the vegetable stalls.