Forceful intervention in Neamt. Man shot dead after firing on SAS fighters called to respond to threats
A 37-year-old man from the town of Hangu, Neamț County, was shot dead by law enforcement, after allegedly opening fire on Special Action Service (SAS) fighters, called to intervene in a case of serious family threats.
The man threatened his wife and three minor children. PHOTO: archive
The incident took place in the evening of April 23, around 9:14 p.m. The policemen of the Bicaz Rural Police Department were alerted by 112 by a 58-year-old woman, who complained that her son-in-law threatened her, her husband and her daughter with death, if the latter and the three minor children did not return home, according to the Neamț County Police Inspectorate.
Following the risk assessment, the authorities determined that there was imminent danger, and three temporary protection orders were issued. The checks showed that the man was a legal owner of hunting weapons.
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Hunting weapon owned by the man who was shot. PHOTO: IPJ Neamt
To implement the measures, the police, supported by SAS fighters, went to his home in Hangu. When they arrived at the door of the building and asked them to open, after the legal summons, the man would have fired several shots at the intervention forces.
Then the SAS fighters retaliated and fired at him, seriously wounding the man. Medical crews were called to the scene, but unfortunately, he was declared dead.
The man had his guns loaded when the police intervened
The police intervened according to the law, respecting the conditions regarding the use of weapons.
According to a press release, they clearly and repeatedly declined their capacity, carried out the legal summons and used the weapon only when the person did not comply with the summons and put their lives in imminent danger by firing at them with the hunting weapon.
The weapons owned by the suspect are the 308 caliber carbine (7.62×51) and the 12 gauge hunting rifle, weapons that were loaded and ready at the time the police announced the intention to break into the building.
Immediately after the immobilization of the person, finding that his bodily injury resulted, the police requested urgent medical assistance and notified the prosecutor of the competent prosecutor's office.
The case was taken over by the prosecutor from the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Neamț Court, who will establish all the circumstances in which the incident occurred.
