Overview
- Police found a 50-year-old military service member dead beside a Chevrolet on Lyustdorfska Road after a morning collision on Wednesday, September 30.
- Patrol officers detained an elderly man at the scene and formally notified him of suspicion for intentional murder (Art. 115) and illegal weapons possession (Art. 263).
- Investigators seized a firearm, fired casings and other physical items and have sent those items for expert forensic tests.
- The Odesa regional prosecutor's office says the suspect deliberately provoked a collision with a ZAZ car, then shot the victim first in the chest and again in the neck, killing him on the spot.
- The case is entered in Ukraine’s Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations, investigators are checking multiple motives, and prosecutors are preparing a motion for pretrial restraint that could lead to a long prison term if convicted.