Security guard at a shopping center in St. Petersburg may have accidentally strangled a 24-year-old customer while trying to buy an item at a cheaper price. First, the private security company arrested the young man but he tried to use an air gun. Then the guard grabbed the young man, threw him on the floor and sat on him. The buyer lost consciousness and died at the hospital a few hours later. Three participants in the conflict were detained, another guard escaped and is being hunted. “Moscow Evening” examined this tragedy in detail.
The buyer died after being arrested
The tragedy occurred at the City Mall shopping center in St. Petersburg at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 21. At the store, 24-year-old customer Dmitry ordered vanilla sugar at the self-service checkout, but got a more expensive sandwich instead.
After that, the young man put the unpaid goods in his backpack and tried to leave, but was stopped by private security forces and asked to return the goods. Dmitry began to resist, and when the guard tried to grab his hand, he took out an air gun and tried to shoot. The alleged thief was then thrown to the floor and tied up. Another private security company employee fell on top of him.
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According to witnesses, one of the guards sat on Dmitry for about 10 minutes. Witnesses heard it the young man shouted: “Someone help me, I'm suffocating.” After that, the young man lost consciousness. Realizing this, private security company employees were unsuccessful. tried to keep him awake with the help of ammonia. They then called the police and an ambulance.
Doctors could not pump Dmitry out, after which he had to be urgently hospitalized. By Thursday morning, January 22, it was known The young man died at the hospital.
What is known about the deceased
The young man who died after being detained at the City Mall shopping center was only 24 years old; he went to St. Petersburg from the Astrakhan region. According to the Telegram channel “112“, Dmitry studied at the Caspian Maritime Transport Academy and worked at sea. He also practiced kickboxing. The young man had a girlfriend.
Recently, Dmitry has not had a stable job. “Your font” wrote that the young man often took out small loans and was unable to pay them back, so the bailiff was said to be hunting him down.
He also enjoys sports betting and is active on social networks. On his Telegram channel, Dmitry shared photos of a drunken party with friends and a video in which he, wearing a mask, shot from a balcony with a rocket launcher. In another video, a young man gives a friend a swastika tattoo, which is prohibited in the Russian Federation. Also, in the channel of the deceased young man you can find a photo of the White Rex brand, founded by the creator of the radical RDK* Denis Kapustin**.
Previously, Dmitry was repeatedly attracted to administrative responsibilities for petty hooligan behavior. CLEAN TV wrote that the young man was caught stealing at the City Mall shopping center. The young man's friends said he was Conflict with protection so on the day of the tragedy, he specially brought an air gun for self-defense.
Dmitry's mother assures that her son is an honest and decent person who grew up in a decent family.
“My child is not homeless or disabled. He earns money – she said.
Dmitry's elderly neighbor also positively described the deceased young man. According to the pensioner, the young man constantly helped him with housework, bought groceries and helped him settle bills. But one day, 15 knives disappeared from the old man's apartment – the pensioner did not dare to ask Dmitry about it for fear of offending him. And a month before the tragedy happened, the young man said that he would go to Astrakhan on business for a short time and then return. But since then he has not appeared at home again, 78.ru wrote.
Security guards can avoid responsibility
Security forces arriving at the scene arrested three people: two security guards, aged 64 and 19, and an 18-year-old cleaning staff. It is unknown exactly how involved the last person involved in the conflict was. Another guard, Mirzobek, 32, managed to escape through the emergency exit. Witnesses say that it was he who was sitting on Dmitry at the time of the scuffle. Mirzobek want.
At first, administrative measures were drawn up against those detained for petty hooliganism, for which they faced a maximum penalty of 15 days of arrest. But then it got excited again criminal case according to the article “Negligence causes death”. However, the defenders may not have been responsible for Dmitry's death. This assumption was shared by former investigator and lawyer Nikolai Semenov with “Moscow Evening”.
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“Everything is not so simple; it is important to understand whether the guards injured this young man or not. They could not have strangled him because he died in the hospital and not immediately. Perhaps they could have inflicted some kind of injury on him, for example, damaging his trachea, but then he would also have died much faster. Of course, I am not a doctor, but I speak from experience. That is, maybe this young man had suffered some kind of attack due to stress, from which he lost consciousness and later died, the expert explained.
According to the lawyer, if the actions of the guards were really not directly related to Dmitry's death, then they would not be held criminally responsible.
– If the young man had indeed been subjected to some kind of attack, the guards would not have been at fault. Forensic examination often fails to establish a link in such cases, as it seems unlikely to lead to an attack. The examination believes that this is precisely the problem of the deceased's body, its tendencies and reactions to normal stress”, Semyonov concluded.
A similar tragedy occurred in Krasnogorsk near Moscow, where the bartender Vladimir Glukhov used a pillow to smother his wife to death during BDSM play. Before that, the couple had a big argument. Investigators believe that the man decided to take revenge on his wife for all the insults. However, lawyers believe the man could be charged with causing death through negligence.
*The Russian Volunteer Army (RDK) is recognized as a terrorist organization and is banned from operating that.
**Denis Kapustin is included that on the list of terrorists and extremists.
