2020 Bolsheorlovskoe shooting
| 2020 Bolsheorlovskoe shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bolsheorlovskoe, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia |
| Date | 12 October 2020 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder–suicide |
| Weapons | Two 12-gauge Hatsan Escort shotguns |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator; and the perpetrator's grandmother at home) |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Daniil Mikhailovich Monakhov |
| Motive | Unknown |
On the evening of 12 October 2020, 18-year-old Daniil Monakhov shot and killed four people, including his grandmother, and wounded two others before committing suicide in the village of Bolsheorlovskoe in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
Background
Daniil Monakhov (6 June 2002 — 12 or 13 October 2020) openly praised the Columbine shooters and often joked about death. A classmate stated Monakhov appeared withdrawn and was not particularly academically successful. According to the friend it was apparent Monakhov was planning something. The friend stated:
"I even noticed it when I talked to him at school. He was planning a terrorist attack back in ninth grade. The teachers at school were told about it, and the FSB came running, but they did nothing, they just put him on a watch list."[1]
Monakhov publicly searched for weapons and watched videos about school shootings.
Shooting
Monakhov's first victim was his 63-year-old grandmother, he shot point blank after she tried to stop Monakhov with two guns and 40 cartridges.[2] The woman died a month later.[3] Monakhov then shot Sergei Napylov in the back as he went out to check what the noise was, killing him instantly. Monakhov then began firing at the windows of the residential building; no one in the building was injured. The attacker then walked towards a bus stop, where he wounded Valentina Zhogonova, and opened fire on a bus with people parked there; no one on the bus was injured.[4] Monakhov continued down the street past houses, shooting in all directions, until he entered the courtyard, where he wounded Viktor Artyukhin and killed both Nikolai Seleznev and Andrei Tikhomirov. The shooter later fled into the woods near the dachas, where shots were heard at approximately 04:50. At 07:12 the attacker was found dead 200 meters from the crime scene by Rosgvardia[2] soldiers.
It is believed that Daniil allegedly had initially planned to commit a school shooting, but his grandmother thwarted the plan.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Знакомый нижегородского стрелка сообщил, что тот давно планировал бойню" (in Russian). РИА ФАН. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- 1 2 "How the hunt for people went: NN.RU followed the route of the Bolsheorlovsky shooter". News NN.RU (in Russian). 16 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- 1 2 "The grandmother of the "Nizhny Novgorod shooter" Daniil Monahova, wounded by her grandson, died". Info24.ru. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ↑ "How the hunt for people unfolded: NN.RU followed the route of the Bolsheorlovsky shooter".