Shooting at a bar in Illichivsk leaves one dead

Yesterday, 4 July, at approximately 22:40, a fight broke out at one of the bars in Illichivsk, followed by shooting. An unidentified man, having failed to find arguments, pulled out a stun gun and fired several shots, resulting in five people sustaining injuries to their legs and chests; one of them, born in 1975, subsequently died in hospital.

"4 июля в 22.40 в Ильичевский городской отдел милиции поступило сообщение, о том, что по ул. Александрийской у бара происходит драка между неизвестными. Неустановленный гражданин произвел выстрелы из травматического оружия в сторону людей, после чего скрылся в неизвестном направлении" (On 4 July at 22:40, the Illichivsk city police department received a report that a fight between unidentified individuals was taking place near a bar on Aleksandriiska Street. An unidentified citizen fired shots from a stun weapon towards people and then fled in an unknown direction), said the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

 

Investigative actions are underway, as is the search for the perpetrator, who managed to leave the scene before law enforcement officers arrived.