In Olsztyn (Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship), a 29-year-old shot an air rifle at a 77-year-old walking along the sidewalk. He hit him three times. The senior was taken to the hospital with injuries to his thigh and back.
The Olsztyn police announced on Friday that a 29-year-old man was arrested, who shot the 77-year-old three times in the Jarota district last Sunday afternoon. Senior was hit as he was returning from the store. He was hospitalized with back and thigh injuries.
The press officer of the police in Olsztyn st. post. Paulina Żur explained that the case was made public with a delay after the court decided to arrest the 29-year-old.
Olsztyn. He was shooting an air rifle at people. He has been stopped
Police officers who went to the place where the shots were fired found two men, aged 40 and 42, in the apartment. “In a conversation with the officers, the men stated that they knew nothing about shooting a person,” Żur reported. During the search of the apartment and the basement, the officers found i.a. an air pistol with a magazine and pellets, a firearms cartridge, as well as pouches with amphetamine, hashish, mephedrone, hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana (over 630 grams of prohibited substances in total).
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In the course of the investigation, it was established that the senior was shot by a 29-year-old who left the apartment before the police arrived. He has been stopped. He was charged with illegal possession of weapons, exposure to the danger of loss of life or health and possession of narcotics. The court sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment. He is facing 3 years in prison.
The men, who were staying at the apartment from which the passer-by was shot, were charged with possession of drugs and illegal possession of ammunition.
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