A gunman wielding an automatic weapon killed six people and barricaded himself inside a supermarket with hostages in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Saturday. The shooter was later killed by police, according to authorities. At least 14 people were wounded and have been taken to hospital. Meanwhile, the hostages were supermarket customers and staff. Ukraine's special tactical police units stormed the convenience store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that tragically one of the hostages was killed. The other victims were murdered on the street. The mass shooting took

place in a busy central district of the city outside an apartment block and a nearby shopping center. The 58-year-old attacker was not named by police, but Zelenskyy said he was born in Russia. Ukraine's security service described the killings as an act of terrorism. [snorts]