{"id":592025,"date":"2026-04-18T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T16:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:10:10","slug":"update-shooter-killed-during-arrest-gunman-opens-fire-in-ukraine-capital-supermarket-five-dead-at-least-10-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592025\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: shooter killed during arrest: Gunman opens fire in Ukraine capital supermarket: five dead, at least 10 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple fatalities and several injuries were reported after a shooter opened fire on people in Kyiv, Ukraine, this Saturday. A police operation to apprehend the suspect took place, resulting in the suspect&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_img__HwwMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776528610_638_.jpeg\" alt=\"Moscow is demanding Kyiv cede more territory and renounce Western military support\" width=\"1224\" height=\"829\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A gunman opened fire on people and took hostages in a supermarket in Kyiv on Saturday, killing \u201cseveral\u201d people and wounding others, the Ukrainian capital\u2019s mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The suspect was killed in the ensuing arrest attempt, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gunman was killed during his arrest in Kyiv,\u201d Klymenko said on social media, adding that the suspect \u201chad taken people hostage and fired at police officers during the arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A special operation to apprehend the man \u2013 who had opened fire in a supermarket \u2013 was taking place. According to preliminary reports, \u201cgunshots were also heard inside the supermarket,\u201d Klitschko said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the shooting, also reported by Ukraine\u2019s police, \u201chas resulted in injuries and several fatalities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that at least five people have been killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt present, five people have been confirmed killed. My condolences to the families and loved ones. Ten people are currently hospitalized with injuries and trauma,\u201d Zelensky said on X, adding that \u201cfour hostages have been rescued\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the circumstances are being established,\u201d Zelensky said, urging \u201ca swift investigation\u201d into the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story, more information will be added as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple fatalities and several injuries were reported after a shooter opened fire on people in Kyiv, Ukraine, this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-592025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}