Man Shoots in the Street in Krymsk

According to preliminary reports, four people were killed, including the shooter
KRASNODAR, November 24. /TASS/. A man has staged a shooting on the street in the city of Krymsk in Krasnodar Krai, according to preliminary data, four people were killed, including the shooter. This was reported to TASS by law enforcement agencies in the region.Show more

"Preliminarily, the man shot three people," the agency's interlocutor said, specifying that the shooter himself also died.

The regional prosecutor's office is conducting a check-up.

"A Crimean inter-district prosecutor went to the scene of the incident, an inspection of the causes and conditions of what happened has been organized, the causes of what happened are being established," the agency said.

In the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation also confirmed information about the accident. However, they noted that one more person was injured as a result of the incident.

"Today around 17:00 in the premises of one of the medical centers of Krymsk, located on Komarova Street, a local resident born in 1956 caused fatal gunshot wounds to two employees of this organization," he said. The intruder then went outside and opened fire on passersby. "As a result, one person died on the spot, the second was seriously wounded. After that, the man committed suicide," the police spokesman said.

The spokesman also said that the cause of the accident in Krymsk could have been the divorce of the shooter.

Earlier, in the community "Electron Krymsk" in the social network "Vkontakte" published images from the scene. They recorded how a man is shooting near the shopping center with a gun, which is covered with a cloth. The video footage also shows the attacker shooting a man lying on the ground.