“The investigation does not currently have data on the death of the suspect,” she said.

In addition, Ivanova told RIA Novosti that the shooter was "alive, in the hospital."

Earlier, a RT source said that the man who opened the shooting died.

The shooter’s death was also reported by sources of RIA Novosti, TASS and Interfax. 

On Leninsky Prospekt in Moscow, shooting occurred earlier. DPS officers stopped a taxi service car for traffic violations, at that moment a passerby opened fire from traumatic weapons.

As a result of the incident, two policemen were injured. 

A criminal case has been instituted on this fact.