Man detained after shooting and hostage incident at Ternopil shop

KORD special police officers detained a 53-year-old local resident after a shooting at a shop on Danyla Halytskoho Boulevard in Ternopil on November 5, 2026. Regional police said the man had held people inside, but they managed to leave. No one was injured.

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The emergency call to 102 came at about 11:00. In their initial statement, police said a man had locked the shop manager in a staff office, from which two shots were subsequently heard. A special police operation was launched in the city.

In an update published at 16:47, police provided further details: officers distracted the man during negotiations, allowing the people being held to run out through a staff exit. Investigators say he then detonated an object resembling a grenade and began firing indiscriminately. KORD officers subsequently detained him.

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An object resembling a pistol and a hunting knife were seized from the detainee. Police said he was intoxicated. According to investigators, shortly before the incident he had already visited the shop, behaved aggressively and argued with employees, then left and returned with a weapon.

Suspilne reporters at the scene said the man had been detained by 11:40. The initial report of two shots described the start of the incident: police did not give an exact total number of shots in their subsequent statement.

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Police opened a criminal investigation. Their statement says the case was entered in the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations under Article 146, part 2, and Article 345, part 1, of Ukraine’s Criminal Code — unlawful deprivation of liberty and threats or violence against a law enforcement officer. At the time of the update, a formal notice of suspicion and a preventive measure were still under consideration; investigators will determine the final legal classification during the investigation.