MOSCOW (AP) — The former owner of a Russian candy factory has been ordered to remain in jail while the slaying of a plant security guard is under investigation. 
 
 Investigators said Ilya Averyanov argued with the factory's new owner and opened fire with a hunting rifle on Wednesday, killing the guard and wounding three other people. 
 
 Averyanov told a radio station before his arrest he was defending himself against a "gang" that had colluded with Moscow prosecutors to seize his property. 
 
 Averyanov told a court he didn't intend to kill anyone and pleaded to be put under house arrest. The court on Thursday instead ordered him jailed for two months. 
 
 Court filings show a bankruptcy hearing related to the Menshevik factory is scheduled for January in Moscow. ||||| One person has been killed in a shootout at a candy factory in southeastern Moscow, with reports of an ongoing hostage situation. 
 
 Police have cordoned off the building of the Menshevik plant in Lyublino district, the Moskva news agency reported Wednesday. It cited an unnamed law enforcement source as saying the shooting took place because of a property dispute. 
 
 “One person fell victim to the shooting, three others were wounded,” a law enforcement source told the state-run TASS news agency. 
 
 An unspecified number of hostages are being held by the suspect, who is reportedly armed with a semi-automatic rifle, according to the state-run RIA Novosti news agency. 
 
 The radio station Business FM reported that it was able to get in touch with Menshevik’s director, Ilya Averyanov, by phone. 
 
 “My plant was seized with the use of fake documents, they have ruined me,” Averyanov is cited as saying. 
 
 “I have a service weapon and used it in defense today. Unfortunately, I believe I shot one to death." 
 
 Reports claim that a Moscow arbitration court was due to hear the plant’s bankruptcy claim on Jan. 18, 2018. 
 
 “If I stay alive, I will fight to the end," Averyanov said.
– The former owner of a Russian candy factory has been ordered to remain in jail while the slaying of a plant security guard is under investigation. Investigators said Ilya Averyanov argued with the factory's new owner and opened fire with a hunting rifle on Wednesday, killing the guard and wounding three other people. Averyanov then told a radio station that he had barricaded himself inside the Moscow plant and was defending himself against a "gang" that had colluded with Moscow prosecutors to seize his property, the AP reports. "My plant was seized with the use of fake documents, they have ruined me," Averyanov told the radio station, per the Moscow Times. "I have a service weapon and used it in defense today." Averyanov told a court Thursday he didn't kill anyone and pleaded to be put under house arrest. The court instead ordered him jailed for two months.