OREANDA-NEWS  An unknown person opened fire from the windows of a house on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg. So far, there is no information about the victims, the Telegram channel Shot reports.

According to eyewitnesses, police officers (Interior Ministry) and riot police have already arrived at the scene. The street has been cordoned off, and law enforcement officers are negotiating with the shooter.

Earlier it became known that a street camera captured the moment of shooting at the head of the Zavyalovsky district of the Altai Territory, Nikolai Onishchenko. The official managed to notice the criminal and hide behind the car, but the shooter overtook him, fired several bullets at point-blank range and ran away. The investigation links the attack to the professional activities of the head of the district.