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2012 Moscow shooting

Coordinates: 55°53′15″N 37°38′21″E / 55.8874°N 37.6391°E / 55.8874; 37.6391
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2012 Moscow shooting
Footage of a CCTV camera installed at RIGLA warehouse
Moscow is located in European Russia
Moscow
Moscow
Moscow (European Russia)
Location of Moscow in Russia
LocationMoscow, Russia
Coordinates55°53′15″N 37°38′21″E / 55.8874°N 37.6391°E / 55.8874; 37.6391
Date7 November 2012
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, workplace shooting
Weapons
Deaths6
Injured1
PerpetratorDmitry Vinogradov
DefenderYury Marchenko
ConvictionsSix counts of murder

The 2012 Moscow shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on 7 November 2012, in which six people were killed and one person injured by a lone gunman at a warehouse in northeast Moscow, Russia. The perpetrator, Dmitry Vinogradov, was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Shooting

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Five people were killed in a shooting spree in northeast Moscow in Russia.[1][2][3][4] Hours before the shooting, Dmitry Vinogradov posted a manifesto on Vkontakte expressing his hatred towards mankind and comparing humans to cancer.[5][6][7] The gunman entered the warehouse on Chermanskaya Street at around 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 7 November 2012, dressed in camouflage gear and armed with two semiautomatic shotguns, a Vepr-12 and a Benelli M3 Super 90.[2][8]

He shot dead three men and two women, injuring two others, a male and female, at their desks before giving himself up to security guards.[9][10] One of the injured died during the night while in intensive care, having suffered from critical gunshot wounds.[11] Vinogradov's girlfriend was said to be safe.[1][12] The shooting ended when Vinogradov was subdued by a colleague, Yury Marchenko, after one of his guns ran out of ammunition, which saved lives, and he was then detained by Rigla's guards.[6][13] After he was arrested, he shouted "kill me!" at the guards.[6]

Perpetrator

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Police arrested 29-year-old Dmitry Andreyevich Vinogradov, (Russian: Дмитрий Андреевич Виноградов) lawyer at the Rigla pharmaceutical company that owned the warehouse.[8][14] He was reported to have gone on a five-day drinking binge[14] after being jilted by a co-worker.[2][10] On 8 November, Vinogradov apologized in court and pleaded that he had "no other choice". He also said that he had wanted to kill himself after the massacre, but was prevented from doing so.[15][16]

An investigator said that Vinogradov had been planning the shooting spree since January.[17] He took lessons at a gun range to improve his shooting.[13] Vinogradov stated he believed killing as many people as possible was the only way to make the world better.[14] Vinogradov was captured on security cameras moments before the shooting began.[18]

Vinogradov stated his biggest regret was that he had failed to kill enough "genetic trash" (a term he used in his manifesto to refer to his targets).[13] During pre-trial investigation, he confessed and apologized for his actions to the relatives of the victims.[6]

It was determined he was sane, though he had an unbalanced mental state and had depression.[5][6] He had previously been prescribed antidepressants.[13] Vinogradov was sentenced to life imprisonment on 9 September 2013 and was ordered to pay 300000 ₽ ($9422.96) to victims' families for damages. He also had to undergo compulsory therapy.[13][19][20] In 2014, Vinogradov was placed in the White Swan maximum-security prison.[19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Five die in Moscow shooting". The Moscow News. RIA Novosti. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Five Die in Moscow Shooting Rampage". RIA Novosti. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Gunman kills 4 in northeast Moscow". China Daily. Xinhua. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Moscow shootings: 'Spurned lover' kills five". BBC News. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Russian lawyer Dmitry Vinogradov gets life for shooting 6 co-workers". United Press International. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Prosecutor finishes presentation of evidence in Moscow shooting case". TASS. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ^ Akhgar, Babak; Wells, Douglas; Blanco, José María (2019). Investigating Radicalization Trends: Case Studies in Europe and Asia. Springer Nature. pp. 47, 50. ISBN 978-3-030-25436-0.
  8. ^ a b "Depressed Lover Kills Five In Moscow Shooting". The Raw Story. Agence France-Presse. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  9. ^ "5 killed in Moscow shooting". China Daily. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  10. ^ a b de Carbonnel, Alissa (7 November 2012). Liffey, Kevin (ed.). "Jilted man kills five colleagues in Moscow shooting rampage". Reuters. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Moscow lawyer goes on shooting rampage, kills five". RAPSI. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Sixth Victim in Moscow Shooting Spree Dies". RIA Novosti. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Lawyer Jailed for Life for Moscow Office Shootings". The Moscow Times. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Jilted man kills five colleagues in Moscow shooting rampage". Reuters. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Mass murderous Moscow lawyer apologizes for massacre". RAPSI. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  16. ^ Vecchi, Gregory M.; Markey, Mary Ann; Daniels, Jeffrey A. (30 December 2022). Fatal Grievances: Forecasting and Preventing Active Killer Threats in School, Campus, and Workplace Settings. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-429-64728-4.
  17. ^ "Lawyer planned to shoot his colleagues for 10 months". RAPSI. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  18. ^ "Video: Jilted Russian lawyer goes on deadly shooting spree". The Globe and Mail. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014.
  19. ^ a b ""Московского стрелка" Виноградова поместили в трехместную камеру" ["Moscow shooter" Vinogradov was placed in a three-person cell]. Interfax (in Russian). 19 March 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  20. ^ Schildkraut, Jaclyn; Elsass, H. Jaymi (22 February 2016). Mass Shootings: Media, Myths, and Realities. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-4408-3653-4.
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