A former deputy chief of a Russian football club, also a key prosecution witness in the recent case against his ex-boss, was gunned down in downtown Moscow, a police source said.
According to preliminary reports, ex-deputy chief of Yaroslavl's FC Shinnik Yuri Shishlov was hospitalized in grave condition after being gunned down by an unknown assailant late on Wednesday.
Police sources say the attack was an apparent contract killing attempt.
On July 20, FC Shinnik ex-director Vladimir Shepel was found guilty of embezzlement and fraud and sentenced to five years and six months in prison. His deputy Shishlov testified against him during the trial.
MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti)
