The police received a report on the emergency line about the shooting in Štefánikova Street shortly after 5:00 p.m. “We received a report that there was a man in the street who was to manipulate and fire a small firearm. We sent several police patrols to the scene, which then found out that he was the owner of a shop who was chasing the perpetrator of the theft,” the spokesman said.
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The alleged thief ran away with the goods and the shop owner wanted to stop him. “As the perpetrator did not follow the order to stop, he fired a gas pistol into the air once. The perpetrator then stopped and returned the stolen goods,” Vala said.
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The suspect was detained by the police. She found out that he had been convicted of theft in the past three years. He is now also a suspect in the theft, it was about 3,000 crowns of goods.
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However, according to Vala, the police will also check whether the owner of the shop also committed the illegal act, because he manipulated and fired a small firearm in a public place, even if it was just a so-called gas gun.
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