YEREVAN. – Yerevan police chief Ashot Karapetyan convened an emergency meeting following a shootout in the center of Armenia's capital on Saturday afternoon (photo).

According to Armenian News-NEWS.am information, Karapetyan had visited the site.

Five people wounded in a shooting were immediately taken to the hospital. One of the doctors told Armenian News-NEWS.am that four of them are in severe condition.

As reported earlier, those wounded in a shootout in the center of Yerevan are undergoing surgeries

They were identified as Norayr Harutyunyan, Valery Hovhannisyan, Myasnik Hayrapetyan, Albina Badalyan and Mnatsakan Sukiasyan.