Denis Voronenkov, a former Communist Party of Russia lawmaker and well-known critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was shot and killed March 23 at approximately 11:30 a.m. in central Kiev. Voronenkov's bodyguard fired back at the shooter, who was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly thereafter. Details of the shooting are still emerging, but it is known that Voronenkov was attacked on the sidewalk outside the Premier Palace Hotel, not far from Maidan Square. Photos of the scene show him unresponsive with an apparent head wound and with a Tokarev-style pistol lying on the pavement next to him. It is unclear whether the gun belonged to the shooter or to the bodyguard traveling with Voronenkov, but the wound appears to be consistent with what a small caliber gun, like a Tokarev, would make.