During the speech at the court, the general director of Menshevik said that he opened the shooting not intentionally, but because of fear of some attackers. "I was frightened. I did not have the intention to shoot and kill. I made a warning shot at the tile. One of the attackers took away my weapon, "- quotes Life Shot. According to him, one of the bullets hit an unfamiliar man in an area just below the chest.

After that, Averyanov went through the fire escape and threw down his weapons. In turn, Averyanov's lawyer explained the businessman's act by the fact that he was "taken out". "The peasants just got it. He is the victim himself. A person is sick, "said the lawyer. The investigation asked to send the gunner in custody for two months - until February 27, 2018. Defense insists that the accused be put under house arrest.

Earlier it became known that Averyanov was charged with murder. At shooting at factory the security guard was lost.