A little while ago, the Investigative Committee informed ArmLur.am that during the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings initiated in connection with the shooting incident on Vagharshyan Street, a public criminal prosecution was initiated against 1 person under Article 44-155, Part 2, Clause 8 (attempted murder by a group of persons) and Article 297, Part 2, Clause 1 (hooliganism by a group of persons) of the Criminal Code. by).
A petition has been submitted to the court regarding arrest as a preventive measure.
ArmLur.am learned that the shooter in the video was not taken into custody, but another participant in the incident was taken into custody. Judging by the statement of the law enforcement agencies, the impression is that the participants of the incident are held accountable, and the case is solved, but many issues in the actual criminal proceedings continue to seem suspicious.
What was the reason for the shooting in the courtyard of the 24/6 building on Vagharshyan Street? According to the information received by ArmLur.am, cars crashed in the yard and the drivers of the crashed cars got out and began to accuse each other, raised the question of right and wrong, curses were heard, after which it came to hitting each other with sticks and stones and shooting.
Let’s remind that shamshyan.com reported that shots were fired in Yerevan on July 12. Around 7:20 p.m., information was received that an incident took place in the courtyard of the 24/6 building on Vagharshyan Street, during which shots were fired and there were injured people. Shot shells, a bullet, damaged cars were found at the scene, there was a bullet mark on another car, and blood-like traces on another car, an ax tail was also found, which also had blood-like traces on it, hats, slippers, which also had blood-like traces on it.
The information about the incident was transferred from the Arabkir department of the police to the Arabkir investigative department of the investigative department of the RA Investigative Committee of the city of Yerevan, from where the investigative team arrived, led by the head of the department Azat Danielyan and the duty investigator responsible for the day.
There is one arrested in a criminal case.
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