2024-07-08 15:12:56
As reported by the Police Department, on July 7 around 12 o’clock 18 minutes A drunken man (born in 1969) shot a woman (born in 1980) with a hunting rifle and injured her at home in the village of Vižancių, Skuodas district, possibly during a conflict.
After the shot, a man (born in 2004) who was also present at the scene injured the suspect approaching him and managed to lock him in the apartment. The details of the fight are still unclear.
Paramedics were called to the scene. They tried to revive the shot woman at the scene, but due to the gunshot wound, around 1 p.m. 52 min. she died while being resuscitated in the ambulance.
The officers of the national team “Aras” arrived to arrest the armed suspect. They stormed the apartment and arrested the man who fatally injured the woman. Due to his injuries, he was hospitalized and is being kept here.
The police report that after the arrest, the suspect was found to have a blood alcohol level of 2.65. drunkenness
A sawed-off hunting rifle was found and seized at the scene.
A preliminary investigation has been launched into the murder of a family member.
The village of Vižanių is located in Skuodos district, about 6 km north of Ylakės, near the border with Latvia. The village belongs to the Ylakii parish. How lrytas.lt the ward staff said, the conflict took place between former roommates, who have not been living together for some time now.
“They are residents of our ward, but they are already divorced. We allocated social housing to the man, and he lived there,” – lrytas.lt said Janina Simonavičienė, chief specialist of the ward.
The employees of the ward say they do not know the circumstances of the incident, they can only confirm that the tragedy happened in the same social housing where the man lived. According to preliminary data, the woman came to him at his own invitation.
“They lived together for many years before that, they have a child,” said the ward employee.
Andromeda Grauslienė, representative of Klaipėda county VPK lrytas.lt said that the details of the incident are being clarified, all the circumstances should become clear during the pre-trial investigation.
The police spokeswoman only confirmed that the man at the scene, who locked the suspect in the apartment until the police arrived, is also a family member.
A domestic violence protection order was issued to the suspect some time ago, and he was ordered to live separately from his former housemates.
The Penal Code states that anyone who kills a close relative or family member is punished by imprisonment from eight to twenty years or life imprisonment.
2024-07-08 15:12:56