Witnesses said the incident took place on July 11 at a Gazprom station on Lutsenko Street, News.Az reports, citing Meduza.
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A Chelyabinsk resident tried to cut the line, was told to wait his turn, and responded by opening fire.
“The man was told to get in line like everyone else to fill up his car, but he decided he didn’t want to do that,” a witness said. “And what if everyone reacted that way? We had children in the car — where could the bullet have gone? The victim got shot in the stomach, and there was quite a lot of blood.”
The shooter fled after the incident. Police said they tracked him down and detained him — a 26-year-old city resident. Police are searching for the rubber-bullet weapon he used.
Enormous lines at Russian gas stations have formed amid a fuel crisis caused by Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil facilities. Arguments and fights — sometimes involving weapons — break out frequently in the lines.
