Overview
- Prosecutors say the driver fired at least four shots into a customer's chest after refusing the ride on October 18 in Yekaterinburg's Ordzhonikidzevsky District.
- A court ordered the driver held for two months on an attempted murder charge under Articles 30(3) and 105(1) of Russia's Criminal Code.
- Local media had reported a self‑defense claim and use of a nonlethal weapon, but investigators describe grievous injury to the victim.
- In the Yuryev‑Polsky District of Vladimir Region, investigators report a 1964‑born neighbor shot a man born in 1976 and a woman born in 1970 with a Reximex hunting gun at a Shordoga property on October 19.
- Police say the suspected weapon was seized, a site walkthrough was conducted, and the suspect, initially intoxicated, later confessed, while forensic tests proceed and a custody decision is pending.