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Funeral Home Shootout in Moscow

Updated: May 25, 2020

A shootout went down in Moscow on May 24, as nine men were filmed shooting in a courtyard in southern Moscow residential neighborhood.

The violent run-in turned out to be a financial dispute over a funeral home.

All nine men have been detained, three with injuries.

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