Makenzijeva: Stefan P. (30) Shot, Gun and Drugs Found
Stefan P. (30) was wounded in a flat on Makenzijeva Street in Belgrade's Vracar district. He says he shot himself in the arm, but police found a gun and drugs and doubt his account.
In a flat on Makenzijeva Street in Belgrade’s Vracar district, Stefan P., 30, was wounded on the night between September 5 and 6. He was taken to the Emergency Center with severe injuries and placed immediately in the intensive care unit.
Sources disagree on the exact time of the shooting. The Belgrade City Institute for Emergency Medical Care, in its overnight report, says the shooting on Makenzijeva Street happened around 10:30 p.m. Kurir and K1 info, on the other hand, report that the wounded man was brought to the Emergency Center around three o’clock in the morning. Which version is accurate has not yet been established, and the gap of several hours leaves open the question of what happened in the flat before help was called.
During the day on September 6, the young man’s condition was described as stable and out of danger. The injury is described in every available source only as being to the arm, without specifying whether the hand or another part was hit.
After receiving medical treatment, Stefan told police that he had shot himself, most likely through inexperienced handling of a firearm. While searching the flat, police found a gun and a quantity of narcotics. According to unofficial information, the firearm and the drugs were found in the same place where the shooting happened, which is the main reason police doubt the young man’s account.
Although he maintains that it was an accident, investigators are skeptical of that version. They are working to establish the origin of the gun and how the drugs ended up in the flat. While the investigation continues, Stefan’s statement remains only one of the circumstances being checked, not an established fact. Police have not yet said whether charges will be filed against the young man for illegal possession of a weapon or drugs.
A turbulent night in Belgrade: crashes, a fall, and a stabbing
The shooting on Vracar was not the only case that kept Belgrade’s emergency crews busy that night. According to the service’s report, a fall from height was recorded on Queen Natalija Street.
Around three in the morning, in front of a bakery at Zeleni Venac, a person was stabbed. An hour earlier, around 10 p.m., a motorcyclist was hit and suffered severe injuries. That same evening, a man on Gavrilo Princip Street suffered burns.
A traffic accident also occurred on Slavka Rodica Street in Rakovica, where a passenger car and a bus collided. The injured person was taken to the Emergency Center by ambulance.
Lined up one after another, the night’s interventions show that no part of the city was spared. From Vracar through Rakovica to Zeleni Venac and Gavrilo Princip Street, emergency crews crossed Belgrade from one end to the other throughout the night.
Overall, it was one of the busier nights for Belgrade’s emergency services in recent memory. The service received 110 calls that night and responded to 32 incidents in public places, outside homes and other closed spaces.
According to the City Institute’s overnight report, most interventions involved problems linked to excessive alcohol consumption. The same report notes that crews were also frequently called out to cardiac patients that night, showing that alcohol was a common, but not the only, reason for calling emergency services.
The case on Makenzijeva Street remains open. Police continue to check how the gun and drugs ended up in the flat, and whether Stefan P.’s injury really happened the way he described it.
