Man shoots another driver in stomach after traffic argument in Kyiv

Nation

1 June, 10:58 AM

A driver in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi district was wounded in the stomach after another man fired three shots during a road dispute and then fled the scene, police reported on June 1.

The argument began when the two drivers were trying to determine who had the right of way.

During the confrontation, one of the men pulled out a pistol and fired three times toward the other driver before escaping, police said.

One of the bullets struck the 41-year-old victim in the abdomen. He was hospitalized with a gunshot wound, according to law enforcement officials.

Police launched a special operation and alerted all patrol units in the search for the suspect. Investigators later identified a Kyiv resident as the person involved and found him at a country house in Kyiv Oblast, where he had been hiding.

With support from the KORD special police unit, investigators searched the suspect’s residence, detained him and seized a pistol.

The man was charged under Part 4 of Article 296 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code — hooliganism involving the use of an item specially adapted to inflict bodily injury. He faces up to seven years in prison.

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