“The detainee turned out to be a local resident with no previous convictions, born in 1954, and the murdered woman was his wife, born in 1956, both pensioners,” Gorelykh specified. He denied media reports that after the murder of his wife, the man opened fire on passers-by. Earlier this was reported with reference to sources. Interfax. and TASS. Gorelykh noted that the man fired two shots in total: at his wife and at the closet.
The suspect explained his act by fatigue from a long and prolonged illness of his wife, RBC specified in the press service.
The fact that a resident of Sredneuralsk was detained after a shooting in one of the apartments was previously reported by both agencies. According to the interlocutor TASShe was drunk and tried to shoot his wife. Interfax also wrote that the woman only suffered, her murder was not reported. According to him, the shooting began after a quarrel between the spouses. The UK believes that alcohol consumption could be the cause. The man used a registered hunting rifle.