Police detain minor suspect after man is shot at in Alytus

A group of people fired at a man in Alytus on Tuesday evening, and police detained two suspects, including a minor, LRT reported.

The incident happened at about 9.10pm on Šaltinių Street, near a building. The group allegedly used an object resembling a firearm, suspected to be an air gun, to shoot at the man, born in 1991. After receiving medical assistance, he was treated as an outpatient.

The suspects, a man born in 2004 and a minor born in 2009, were placed in a long-term detention facility. Police have opened a pre-trial investigation into a suspected breach of public order.