Lawyer shot dead in Kropyvnytskyi: police already hunting the killers
Law enforcement has launched the Siren operational plan.
In Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad region, unknown assailants killed lawyer Oleksandr Ivanov. This was reported on Thursday, August 22, by the press service of the National Bar Association.
Oleksandr Ivanov was a former law enforcement officer who had worked as a lawyer since 2011. He had previously served, among other posts, as deputy head of a department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kirovohrad region.
At about 11:45, the man was shot with an automatic weapon on Kuropyatnykova Street near pre-trial detention centre No. 6. The killers were in a car at the time. The lawyer died on the spot.
Police in Kirovohrad region confirmed the information. Another local resident was wounded in the shooting and is in hospital.
An investigative and operational team is working at the scene. Police have launched the Siren operational plan in the region.
According to information from Pervyi Kryvorizkyi, the attackers fled in a VAZ 2109 and may be armed.
Police are preliminarily classifying the incident under part two of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, “Intentional murder”. Those found guilty face 10 to 15 years in prison or life imprisonment.
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