Sergey Yegorov, who shot nine people dead in the village of Redkino, Tver Region, said he initially wanted to just scare the offenders and make them apologize, Russian Investigative Committee’s Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said.
"Investigators have found out that on the evening of June 3 Yegorov came to visit an acquaintance, his wife and their guests upon invitation. During the party, the suspect got into an alcohol-fueled argument with some of the guests, after which the men pushed him out of the territory, threatening to kill him if he shows up ever again," the committee’s spokeswoman said.
Aiming to frighten the offenders, the suspect went home, took a Saiga rifle and bullets and then returned to his acquaintance’s house and demanded the offenders to apologize. In response, a few of the men approached him with threats. "Aiming to scare them, Yegorov fired in their direction. Under the influence of alcohol, the suspect fired at all participants of the party," TASS cited Petrenko as saying.
Yegorov was arrested by a policeman who was called by the sole survivor of the mass murder, a 21-year-old woman. According to Petrenko, Yegorov "is to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination."
The authorities are establishing facts and collecting evidence to finish the investigation.
