Warsaw man, 30, charged after airgun thrown from seventh floor injures passer-by

Report and arrival at the scene

Police from the Bielany and Białołęka units were sent to Praga-Północ, in Warsaw, after a man reported being hit by an object thrown from a height. He told officers it was a carbine resembling an air weapon, fitted with a compressed-air cylinder, and pointed them to a window on the seventh floor of the building. The 49-year-old was taken to hospital with injuries to his leg, according to RMF24.

Flat and arrest

Officers went to the flat the man had pointed out and found the door wide open but no one inside. On the windowsill lay a box of pellets and a cylinder identical to the one recovered from the pavement below. A 30-year-old man later entered the flat. Police said he was under the influence of alcohol, and he admitted throwing the carbine out of the window before being detained. An investigative group secured traces at the scene.

Drive, collisions and charges

A breath test showed more than half a per mille of alcohol in his breath. Police said the man drove off in his BMW after the incident, caused a collision on Radzymińska Street and then struck the entrance gate to an underground car park on Ząbkowska Street. His driving licence was taken, and he was taken to hospital where blood was drawn for an alcohol analysis. He has been charged with exposing the 49-year-old to a direct risk of loss of life or serious health harm, causing bodily injury, driving while intoxicated and causing a traffic collision. The offences carry up to five years in prison, and the Warsaw-Praga Północ district prosecutor's office is supervising the case.