THIS is the terrifying moment a champion skateboarder was chased and brutally shot dead in a “rival’s love murder”.
Konstantin Balishanskiy, 34, fled injured from his attacker near his home in Moscow, shooting between cars.
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It is understood the armed killer was a known “jealous” man, as the two men were in a suspected dispute over a woman.
The grim images appeared to highlight a return to the violent 1990s, with a new rise in contract killings in Putin’s Russia, before it was revealed that the shooter and victim knew each other.
Deeply distressing footage shows him hiding in a ditch when a gunman approaches and riddles him with bullets.
Passers-by fled for safety.
Several hours later, his alleged killer, Andrey Dyomin, 35, was injured when he was detained in an operation involving police snipers.
Previous reports say the suspect fled armed with a gun.
The suspected murder weapon was a Kalashnikov assault rifle with a flash suppressor and collimator sight.
He was reportedly found at the scene of the arrest.
The suspect stalked the victim for several days, according to reports citing authorities.
As a teenager, Balishanskiy was a skateboarding sensation and the main star of the NikeSB Russia team.
He withdrew due to an injury.
Reports revealed that the men have known each other since they were teenagers and now both work for video and multimedia operator Mediasystem Group, run by the deceased’s father.
A conflict between them arose “over a woman”, according to sources familiar with the pair, reported Mashed potato means of communication.
The injured Dyomin was taken into custody in an ambulance.
An investigation into murder and illegal possession of an assault rifle has been opened by the Russian Investigative Committee.
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