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A man who opened fire in the city of Sredneuralsk in the Sverdlovsk region was detained, said TASS with reference to a source in emergency services.
“[Задержанный] fired several times from the window. The yard is cordoned off. The motives are being clarified,” the source said.
According to preliminary information, the man was intoxicated and tried to shoot his wife.
An Interfax source familiar with the situation said that the 67-year-old man himself surrendered to the security forces. The gun from which he fired, according to the interlocutor of the agency, was a hunting gun and had state registration. According to preliminary data, a woman was injured as a result of the shooting, she survived.