In the framework of the criminal case investigated in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Nork Marash administrative districts of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee charge was pressed against Hayk Sargsyan for murder attempt, illegal procurement and keeping of weapon and ammunition.

In the result of investigatory actions of great volume conducted within the criminal case the real circumstances of sustaining firearm injury on April 1, 2007 by the resident of Yerevan Davit Simonyan, born in 1984, were found out, the person having committed the alleged crime was identified.

It was earlier informed that the resident of Yerevan Davit Simonyan, with a firearm injury was taken to Clinical Hospital N 3 from the crossroad of Tumanyan-Nalbandyan Streets on April 1, 2007. On the same day A. Ghevondyan turned himself to Central Division of the Police, presented a pistol and told that he had found it at the stairs leading to the basement from the kindergarden adjacent to their house and in the result of negligent handling with weapon fired a shot inflicting bodily injury to his friend D. Simonyan.

On May 28, 2007 a decision was made in Central Division of the Police to terminate the proceeding of the criminal case and not to persecute A. Ghevondyan based on reconciliation of the parties and absence of complaint envisaged by the Points 4 and 5 of the Part 1 of the Article 35 of RA Criminal Procedure Code.

Conditioned with newly appeared circumstances on July 3, 2018 a decision was made by the RA Prosecutor General to abolish the mentioned decision. The criminal case was sent to the Investigative Division of Kentron and Nork-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee for preliminary investigation. On the same day the investigator received the case in his proceeding and took necessary investigatory and other procedural measures to find out the circumstances of the case.

Through investigation actual data were obtained that in fact D. Simonyan had been inflicted bodily injury in the room located in the basement of Hayk Alexander Sargsyan's residence - the apartment of house 11, Tumanyan Street, Yerevan on April 1, 2007 at about 16:00 in the result of the shot fired by the latter. The motive of the argument was found out, the person having witnessed the incident was identified.

On the base of the obtained evidence charge was pressed against Hayk Alexander Sargsyan for murder attempt and illegal procurement and keeping of firearm according to the Part 1 of the Article 34-104 and the Part 1 of the Article 235 of RA Criminal Code. The investigator submitted a motion to court to choose detention as a pretrial measure against him.

Preliminary investigation is ongoing.

Note; Everyone charged with alleged crime offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.