Sagarejo shooting

Sagarejo shooting
LocationSagarejo, Kakheti, Georgia
Date20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
Attack type
Mass murder, mass shooting, murder–suicide
WeaponAutomatic firearm
Deaths6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured5
PerpetratorNodar Atuashvili
MotiveUnknown

On 20 January 2023, a mass shooting occurred in Sagarejo, Kakheti, Georgia. A man opened fire from his apartment balcony with an automatic weapon, killing four people and severely wounding five others. He then shot and killed a responding police officer before fatally shooting himself.

The perpetrator was subsequently identified as 49-year-old military veteran Nodar Atuashvili. A motive for the shooting has not been established and is under investigation.