Gun instructor charged after fatal AR-15 shooting in Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Poland.

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A 27-year-old shooting instructor has been charged with murder after a fatal shooting on a residential estate in Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Poland, where prosecutors say he returned with a Fedarm AR-15 rifle after an earlier confrontation and fired at a group of three men.

The shooting happened late on April 10, 2026, in a housing estate area of Bystrzyca Kłodzka, a town in Lower Silesia. A 26-year-old man was hit several times and died at the scene. Two other men who had been with him ran from the area and later returned to try to help him, according to the prosecutor’s account.

The suspect, identified in Polish court coverage as Borys B., is a resident of Kłodzko County and a shooting instructor. Prosecutors said he was walking a dog when he encountered three intoxicated men. The first encounter was described as an argument or altercation. After the group separated, prosecutors said the man returned home, left the dog there, took a Fedarm AR-15 rifle chambered in 5.56 mm NATO and went back outside.

Prosecutors said he then encountered the same three men again. During the second confrontation, he fired a warning shot and then fired a series of rounds toward the group, striking the 26-year-old several times. The wounded man died at the scene.

Early reporting described the case as a confrontation involving four men and said one of them used a firearm near Osiedlowa Street. Initial accounts also reported that the man who fired the shots had contacted police and claimed self-defense. Later official information gave a more detailed sequence and said the suspect had returned home before coming back with the rifle.

The prosecutor charged the suspect on April 12 with murder under Article 148, paragraph 1 of Poland’s Criminal Code. He did not admit guilt. Prosecutors said he explained that he acted in necessary defense, the Polish legal concept covering self-defense. The prosecution rejected that version and said witness statements and surveillance footage pointed to direct intent to kill.

A court ordered the suspect held in pretrial detention for two months. The court cited the risk of interference with the case and the severity of the potential sentence. Prosecutors said the charge could carry life imprisonment if the suspect is convicted.

Later reporting citing prosecutors added that the suspect did not simply walk into a police station after the shooting. Prosecutors said he contacted an acquaintance who was a police officer and told him about the incident. When officers went to the suspect’s home, they detained him on a staircase. Prosecutors said he had a larger amount of cash, packed personal items and a passport with him at the time. The defense has disputed the prosecution’s interpretation of those circumstances.

A forensic examination later found five gunshot wounds on the body of the 26-year-old. Prosecutors said two wounds were in the upper parts of the lower limbs, two were in the abdomen or lower abdomen and one was in the chest area. The chest wound cut an artery and was identified as the fatal injury. One of the abdominal wounds was also described as life-threatening.

A court appeal over the detention was later rejected. On April 30, the District Court in Świdnica considered the defense complaint against the pretrial detention order and kept the suspect in custody. The decision meant he would remain detained at least until June 13. The defense said it disagreed with the detention decision and maintained that the suspect had the right to defend himself.

The case has also produced separate legal action tied to online threats after the shooting. A 29-year-old man was detained after allegedly posting videos calling for revenge against the suspect. Prosecutors accused him of publicly calling for a serious crime and of drug possession. A court also ordered him held for two months.

Another separate thread emerged after a disturbing video from September 2025 circulated online. Prosecutors later said the 26-year-old who was killed in the shooting appeared in that older video as one of the people involved in abusing a young man. Four people were detained in connection with that separate case. Prosecutors said that if the dead man were alive, he would have faced the same charges as the others. That older incident is separate from the April 10 shooting and does not determine whether the shooting suspect acted lawfully.

The video evidence in the shooting case is central because prosecutors have cited surveillance footage as part of the basis for rejecting the self-defense claim. The footage and witness accounts are being treated by investigators as evidence of the encounter and the gunfire sequence, while the legal question is whether the suspect’s actions meet the definition of murder or can be justified under self-defense.

The confirmed case record now includes a fatal AR-15 shooting, a murder charge, a self-defense claim, a forensic finding of five gunshot wounds, a two-month pretrial detention order and a failed defense challenge to that detention.

News story written by DarkGore.

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