ArmInfo.A criminal case was opened in the investigation department of the Center and Nork-Marash districts of the Investigative Committee of the murder in the course of shooting in the center of Yerevan, near the Vernissage market.
As reported by the press service of the Armenian IC, on September 14, around 13:45, the investigative department of the districts of Center and Nork-Marash received a signal that there were gunshots and injured near the Vernissage market. The operative group left to the scene.
It was found out that near the hotel at the address of Hanrapetutyan 48, around 13:30, shots were fired, due to which Gagik Mosinyan, born in 1974, died, and Vahagn Abgaryan, born in 1978, was taken to the medical center with gunshot wounds.
When inspecting the scene of the incident, a AK 74 automatic rifle, a Makarov pistol and a bullet case were found. A criminal case was initiated on the basis of cl. 6, part 2, art. 104 (murder, committed in a way dangerous to the lives of many people), under paragraph 1, part 2, art. 34-104 (attempted murder of two or more persons) and part 1 of the Art. 235-th (illegal acquisition, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of firearms, ammunition, cartridges to rifled firearms, explosives or explosive devices). The preliminary investigation in the case was entrusted to the Main Investigation Department of especially important cases of the Investigative Committee of Armenia. An investigation team was created. Working versions have been developed to verify which the necessary large-scale investigative and operational-search measures are being carried out. Some circumstances were revealed, which, based on the interests of the investigation, were not disclosed. The records of video cameras located on the scene are being investigated.