TV Presenter ‘Shot Dead By Estranged Husband In Front Of 9-Year-Old Son

A glamorous Russian TV presenter was shot dead by her estranged husband in front of her nine-year-old son as part of a bitter custody row, according to police. Zhanna Veber, 29, was reportedly shot at close range by Anatoly Leontikov, 36, with a supposedly “non-lethal” pneumatic weapon, according to police.


Leontikov then fled with with his son after the young boy watched as his mother was shot.

The popular television personality in the Krasnodar region of southern Russian died on the way to hospital.

Today he gave himself up to police after taking his son to stay with his family before going on the run.

Zhanna split from him two years ago but they were not officially divorced, say reports.

He arrived at her house and they quarrelled over his access to the child, which she had tried to limit, according to friends.

He was a former policeman who had a permit to carry the pneumatic gun, said a friend.

Her television station – Laba TV – ran a broadcast paying tribute to the dead presenter.