The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that in the Admiralteysky district of St. Petersburg, a 38-year-old local resident shot an 11-year-old boy who was playing the saxophone in the street with an air weapon.
A resident of a neighboring house “did not like” the child playing in the street, so he decided to “punish” the musician by shooting out the window.
The boy was taken to hospital. “Fontanka” He writesThe bullet hit him in the cheek. The child was taken to the hospital and the bullet was removed.
The shooter was arrested and suspected of hooliganism with the use of a weapon (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code). The maximum penalty for this is imprisonment for up to seven years. The name of the detainee was not revealed.
According to Fontanka, the incident occurred near the Mariinsky Theater, and the shooter was a theater artist originally from Kazakhstan. According to information from the website, he is listed in the group in the Mimans (copycat group) category.