In St. Petersburg, the famous architect Alexander Suponitsky was shot dead in front of his daughter

In St. Petersburg, the famous architect Alexander Suponitsky was shot from a carbine in front of his daughter.

The murder occurred this morning in the prestigious residential complex "Tsarskaya Stolitsa" on Kremenchugskaya Street. According to TC "Base", Alexander Suponitsky accompanied his daughter to school. An armed man stood in front of them near the elevator, put them on their knees, and then shot the architect in the back of the head with a carbine. After the murder, the girl ran home, emergency services went to the scene.

At this time, black smoke poured out of the apartment on the floor below. Arrived rescuers extinguished the fire and found the corpse of the alleged shooter, who committed suicide. According to preliminary data, there was a conflict between the men earlier.

A criminal case has been opened, investigators are working on the spot.

Alexander Suponitsky is a well—known architect, chairman of the Board of Directors of the SUART Group of Companies, member of the Union of Architects of the USSR. The company of the murdered man designed a huge number of significant objects in St. Petersburg — futuristic metro station "Gorkovskaya", car dealership Rolls-Royce, shopping malls and developed the concept of the business center "Lakhta".

According to information TK Shot, the architect's killer is his 49—year-old neighbor Konstantin Kozyrev, who lived on the floor below Suponitsky.

"Kozyrev is an ex—deputy Director for Finance of the Petrotrest investment and construction holding, until 2013 he held a position in the company Petrotrest-Monolith Company. In 2015, a criminal case was opened against Kozyrev on tax evasion on a large scale: he included deliberately false data in the company's corporate income tax returns. He had a formalized IP in the field of consulting on commercial activities. On October 12, he was supposed to be 50 years old," writes TK, specifying that Kozyrev set fire to his home after the shooting of Suponitsky.