Kraków: Charges for shooting at the police. New information about the 39-year-old

The spokesman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Kraków, Prosecutor Tomasz Waszczuk, announced that the man who fired a gas gun at police officers on Thursday was charged on Friday with active assault on officers, attempting to force them to behave in a certain way and possessing drugs.

The prosecutor added that the suspect had previously been convicted of, among others, for murder, for which he served a long sentence. He will therefore be responsible for his actions in the event of recidivism.

The prosecutor's office requested the court to temporarily arrest the suspect. It is known that he is 39 years old and lives in Krakow.

He shot three times and had drugs on him

According to the investigators' findings, on Thursday after On the 13th, the police received a report about a man moving with an object resembling a weapon in the area of ​​Wielicka and Bieżanowska streets.

The patrol intervened and located a 39-year-old man walking down the street. Upon seeing the officers, the man shot three times with a gas weapon, which does not require a permit.

In response, the officers fired two warning shots and began a pursuit. The man threw away the weapon, was then overpowered and detained. Mephedrone was also found in his possession.

Previously, the 39-year-old allegedly showed the weapon to a bystander to force him to take him to a designated place, said prosecutor Tomasz Waszczuk.