SBU officer shot dead in Kyiv, investigation underway

Editor's note: This is a developing story.

A Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer was murdered on July 10 in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv, the SBU's press service told the Kyiv Independent after a reported shooting in the district.

The police reported a shooting in the area earlier in the day, saying that law enforcement officers discovered the body of a person with a fatal gunshot wound.

"The SBU and the National Police are taking measures to establish the circumstances of the crime and bring perpetrators to justice," the SBU's press service said.

The victim's name has not been publicly disclosed, and the identities of the suspect or suspects or their motives are not immediately clear.

Ukrainska Pravda's undisclosed SBU source identified the victim as SBU Colonel Ivan Voronych. At around 9 a.m. local time, a man approached Voronych and fired five shots from a pistol, fleeing the scene afterward, the outlet wrote.

Voronych suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died on the scene, the source told Ukrainska Pravda.

The Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims.

Authorities are investigating the crime as an attempt on the life of a law enforcement, security, or military officer.