Uroš Blažić is a Serbian national identified as the perpetrator of the 4 May 2023 shootings in the villages of Dubona and Malo Orašje, located between Mladenovac and Smederevo. He was 20 years old at the time of the attack and later faced criminal proceedings in Serbia. 

Public reporting described Blažić as having a prior history of misconduct before 2023. Accounts summarized in widely cited reporting state that he had earlier misdemeanor proceedings, including an incident in 2019 involving property damage and a separate incident in which a police officer was injured when he failed to stop and struck the officer with a motorcycle while he was a minor. 

Reporting also notes that Blažić attempted to enter Serbia’s Military Academy in 2022 and reportedly passed required tests, but did not pass the security background checks due to earlier proceedings for violent behavior. His father, Radiša Blažić, is publicly reported as a retired lieutenant colonel of the Serbian Armed Forces. 

On the evening of 4 May 2023, Uroš Blažić carried out a shooting spree across two villages in Serbia: Malo Orašje and Dubona. Reporting indicates that the events began after he had a quarrel with other people at a football stadium in Mladenovac. After that dispute, he drove to a cottage in Šepšin, where he obtained weapons before heading toward the villages where the shootings occurred.

At approximately 10:32 p.m., he arrived in Malo Orašje and opened fire on a group of people gathered near the village center, close to the football field and a war memorial. The attack then continued to Dubona, where he first fired at older adults who were repairing a fence, causing serious injuries. He proceeded to an area near a schoolyard and continued shooting, killing and wounding additional people. Authorities later recorded a total of nine fatalities and multiple injuries connected to the shootings that night and the subsequent medical outcome. 

The victims included residents of both locations. Public reporting identified those killed in Dubona as Kristina Panić (22), Milan Panić (18), and Dalibor Todorović (24). In Malo Orašje, those killed were Nikola Milić (14), Aleksandar Milovanović (17), Marko Mitrović (18), Lazar Milovanović (19), Nemanja Stevanović (21), and Petar Mitrović (25), who died later from injuries sustained during the shooting.

After leaving the shooting scenes, Blažić fled the area. Reporting states that he abandoned his vehicle and stole another, then reached the Mali Požarevac tollbooth area where he forced a taxi driver to transport him onward while threatening the occupants. He remained at large overnight and was apprehended the next day near Kragujevac.

The criminal case that followed resulted in Blažić being charged with multiple offenses including murder and other crimes connected to the events of that night. On 12 December 2024, he was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment, the maximum sentence applicable because he was under 21 at the time of the killings. The sentence was later upheld by the Court of Appeal in Belgrade on 20 June 2025, making the judgment final.

Public reporting also states that members of Blažić’s family were investigated and prosecuted in separate proceedings connected to weapons possession. His father, Radiša Blažić, received a 20-year sentence, and separate proceedings involving other relatives resulted in one conviction (18 months) and one acquittal, according to publicly reported court outcomes.