Police officers detained a drunk 35-year-old man who fired an air pistol at a supermarket Security Guard in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district, National Police announced on July 22.

Law enforcement officers established that the suspect, a resident of Kyiv, entered the retail store while intoxicated and initiated an aggressive confrontation with store personnel. During the argument, he drew an air pistol and discharged a shot directly toward a Security Guard.

Responding officers arrested the suspect on site and seized the air pistol used in the incident as evidence.

Investigators officially served the suspect with a notice of suspicion under the Criminal Code of Ukraine for felony hooliganism committed with an item specifically adapted to inflict bodily injury. Under the applicable criminal code statutes, the suspect faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.