21:00, 8 January 2011

One person lost and two wounded in shooting in Volgograd Region

In the course of a quarrel that burst out in a bar in the city of Volzhskiy, Volgograd Region, two men opened fire on the visitors. One person was killed and two more wounded. The gunmen were detained.

According to a source from law enforcement bodies, the incident occurred last night. The visitors of one of the bars in Volzhskiy had a quarrel; two of them left, but later came back with a shotgun and started shooting at the people standing in the street near the bar. One of them was killed and one wounded.

Then, according to the source, the gunmen got into a taxi and, by threatened the driver with their gun, tried to escape. On their way they wounded another person. Later, the suspects were detained and their gun was confiscated, the "Interfax" reports.

The law enforcement bodies of Volzhskiy now check the fact of an armed attack on bar visitors.