May 9, 2026, 9:36 a.m.

A man decided to shoot in the air near a pizzeria in Odesa

(PHOTO: Patrol police)

Police officers detained a young man near a pizzeria in Odesa who threatened a woman with a gun and fired several times in the air.

According to the press service of the Patrol Police, the incident occurred on Serednofontanska Street and the police were informed about the dangerous young man at 21:00.

When the patrol crew arrived, they were approached by a woman who told them about the incident. Not far away, the inspectors found a man with signs of intoxication, who had been identified by the applicant. Next to him was an object that looked like a gun.

Together with the National Guard, the patrol policemen detained the citizen with the use of physical force, and an investigative team was called to the scene. The weapon was seized for examination.

The day before, a shooting took place in Zaporizhzhia region, where a drunken man started shooting at his opponents during a fight with three other men who had made a remark to him in a store. He wounded two of the quarrelsome men with a pistol. As a result, a 17-year-old teenager and a 33-year-old man were hospitalized. Law enforcement officers managed to detain him near the scene. Even before the police arrived, he was intercepted by a criminal investigation officer of the terrorist unit who happened to be nearby. He held the offender until other police officers arrived.

Another case occurred in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv on the afternoon of May 1. At about 14:30, the police received a report of a shooting on Mriya Street. According to preliminary information, an unknown man driving a Volkswagen Caddy made several shots. No one was injured in the incident. When the police detained the car in question, they did not find any weapons on the driver.

Кирило Бойко

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