MOSCOW, January 16 (RAPSI) – A criminal case was opened on Thursday over shooting in a magistrate court in Novokuznetsk, a city in Russia’s Kemerovo Region, resulted in the death of a bailiff, the Investigative Committee’s press service reports.

According to investigators, in the morning time, a 45-year-old man entered the court with a rifle. The bailiff tried to stop him but suffered a gunshot wound. Then the suspect shot at a 43-year-old woman, who was a witness in one of the cases.

After that, the alleged shooter was arrested by other bailiffs and arrived police.

The wounded persons were taken to a hospital, where one of them, the bailiff died.