The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the serviceman gave an automatic queue for his colleagues. As a result of the incident, one officer and two soldiers were killed. Two more people were injured. The department was told that the incident occurred at the test site during planned night shooting. It is reported that the military released an automatic burst in the direction of a group of waiting for their turn military. After that, the shooter fled with the weapon from the landfill. "The command, together with law enforcement agencies, took measures to search for him and detain him," RIA Novosti reported to the Defense Ministry.

Among the possible causes of what happened is the nervous breakdown of the military.