Bio

Sergey Semidovskiy (Russian: Сергей Семидовский) was a police captain. Reports from 2002 describe him as 40 years old. He was linked to Primorsky Krai and the town of Yaroslavsky.

Available sources give little information about his childhood, family, education, or early career. There are no reliable details in the cited reports about where he was born or raised. Public records and news reports mainly note his name, rank, and age.

Murder Story

On 25 August 2002 in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Krai, Russia, 40-year-old police captain Sergey Semidovskiy opened fire in and outside a bar with a Saiga carbine after an argument with several customers. He killed five people and wounded others in the attack.

The people who died were Dmitry Velichko, 30; Vladimir Nikanchuk, 25; Alexander Filimonov, 18; Maxim Valeev, 18; and Alexander Kuznetsov, 28, who died on 27 August. Twelve people sustained severe injuries. Seven of the severely injured were airlifted by helicopter to Vladivostok for emergency surgery. Another ten or so visitors received minor wounds from ricochets.

After the shooting, Semidovskiy shot himself in the chest. He was taken to a hospital in Khorol. He tried again to commit suicide in the hospital and died of cardiac arrest on 27 August.

As a result of the incident, Colonel Lebedev, head of the Khorolsky District department of internal affairs, Lieutenant-Colonel Kurgeyev, head of the personnel and training department, and Lieutenant-Colonel Kotyshev, head of public security police, were dismissed. Disciplinary measures were also taken against several other members of the local police.