{
  "id": 9333436,
  "title": "Rapper GeeGun reportedly opened fire on staff at his Moscow home several months ago. He denies it.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/rapper-geegun-reportedly-opened-fire-on-staff-at-his-moscow-home",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T11:55:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/23/rapper-geegun-reportedly-opened-fire-on-staff-at-his-moscow-home-several-months-ago-he-denies-it"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to multiple sources, rapper GeeGun, whose real name is Denis Ustimenko, reportedly opened fire on staff at his Moscow home several months ago. The incident allegedly occurred on July 4 at the early hours.\n\nShot and Mash Telegram channels, as well as Ksenia Sobchak, reported that GeeGun entered his home and threatened staff with an air rifle resembling a \"Saiga-9.\" GeeGun reportedly accused one guard of pedophilia, shooting him and injuring him in the arm and leg. He also accused the rest of the staff of betrayal, leaking information, nationalism, and other offenses.\n\nThe Telegram channel claims GeeGun held the household staff and guards hostage for approximately 10 hours in front of his children. Sobchak's Telegram channel adds that the children of GeeGun and his ex-wife, Oksana Samoilova, were saying goodbye to their mother and feared their father would also shoot them during the hostage situation. Samoilova was abroad at the time.\n\nPolice, the gated community's security, and GeeGun's friends responded to the situation. After GeeGun was subdued, he was sent to rehab in Israel for several months. GeeGun himself confirmed his presence in rehab to the Telegram channel Super and dismissed reports of the shooting as \"bullshit and a provocation.\" He stated, \"Let them write whatever they want. I was filming a snippet, and the haters twisted everything.\"\n\nSources caution that the quote above contains profanity. Meduza states its commitment to transparency about the use of artificial intelligence in the newsroom, clarifying that the story was written by a journalist and translated from Russian using an AI model adhering to strict editorial standards. Meduza editors review every draft before publication. Readers are encouraged to contact reports@meduza.io to report any errors in the English translation.",
  "summary": "The Telegram channels Mash and Shot, as well as Ksenia Sobchak, said rapper GeeGun (real name Denis Ustimenko) opened fire on staff at his home in the Moscow region in the early hours of July 4.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}