TASS, December 21. A Russian national was badly wounded on Tuesday in a shootout in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Russian consulate general in New York said on Wednesday.

"As a result of a shootout in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 19, a Russian national who was driving by received a serious wound," the consulate wrote on its Twitter account. The diplomatic mission noted it was in touch with the man’s relatives and law enforcement officials.