Deadly shooting at Kyiv’s Sky Loft Hotel: shooter charged with suspicion

Deadly shooting at Kyiv’s Sky Loft Hotel: shooter charged with suspicion

Police have charged a man suspected of shooting his opponent during a fight. The incident occurred at the Sky Loft hotel in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district.

The suspect faces up to 15 years in prison.

This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.

"Under the procedural guidance of the Pecherskyi District Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv, two participants in the hotel fight in the capital’s Pecherskyi district have been notified of suspicions. A 29-year-old resident of Dnipro is suspected of hooliganism committed by a group of persons. A 30-year-old resident of Vasylkiv has been charged with premeditated murder and hooliganism committed by a group of persons using firearms," the press service stated.

According to the investigation, on November 23, at approximately 12:30 AM, a conflict arose between two groups of men on the first floor of the hotel, which escalated into a fight. Hotel security guards intervened, and in an attempt to calm the aggressive visitors, they used tear gas.

Later, the fight resumed. One of the conflict participants pulled a "Glock 17" pistol from under his clothes and fired several shots, injuring a hotel security guard, another visitor from a different company, and fatally injuring a hotel guest. The assailant then fled the scene.