The UK has identified the shooter from the roof of a building in Murmansk.

A local resident opened fire on the roof of a building in Murmansk, and he is now in serious condition. This was reported on March 31 in the regional investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

It is clarified that the shooter refused to enter into negotiations with the emergency services who arrived at the scene, as a result of which it was decided to neutralize him.

"Currently, the person who committed the crime is in serious condition. His identity has been established, [he] is a resident of the city of Murmansk," said Vitaly Baranov, head of the criminalistics department of the regional Investigative Committee.

According to him, two firearms, including one rifled, as well as spent shell casings, were found at the scene. The investigation into the incident is ongoing, the Investigative Committee added.

The source of Izvestia reported that, according to preliminary information, the shooter is a certain Vladislav, born in 1981. He lives in the same house at 10 Kolsky Prospekt, from the roof of which he opened fire.

Eyewitnesses reported shooting on the roof of an apartment building in Murmansk on March 30. Local media reported that an unknown person opened fire from a firearm from the roof of one of the houses on Kola Avenue. Later, information about the shooting was confirmed by the Governor of the Murmansk region, Andrei Chibis.

Later it became known that employees of the Murmansk "Wolverine" assembly and the "Bear" riot police of the Russian Guard neutralized a man who had previously opened fire on the roof of the building. A criminal case was opened on the fact of an attempt on the life of law enforcement officers under Article 317 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer").