A police officer, Yura Tepanosyan (1986) was killed by a sniper from the area of the seized police compound while he was sitting in a police car at a distance of 400 meters from seized area, according to Ashot Aharonyan, the Head of the Police Department for Public Relations.
A few minutes earlier, shots were heard from Khorenatsi Street and an armored police vehicle arrived at the scene, according to ArmInfo's correspondent on the spot.
Earlier, the National Security Service of Armenia set deadline (5:00pm on July 30) for the armed group "Daredevils of Sasoun" to surrender; otherwise, it warned that the law-enforcers will be shooting at sight to render the group harmless.