The assailant entered the party headquarters in the morning hours,[9][2] the Governors office assumed that the assailant shot Poyraz at about 11.05 a.m,[3] while HDP MP from Izmir Serpil Kemalbay mentions 11.50 a.m. as the time the assailant shot Poyraz.[4] Deniz Poyraz was covering a shift for her mother, who recently underwent surgery.[10] He carried with him the Ruger pistol containing ten bullets[8] and also shot at an image of the imprisoned HDP MP Sebahat Tuncel.[4] The autopsy report states that Poyraz was struck by several bullets coming from a firearm.[6] According to Kemalbay, the assault took place while the police was outside the party headquarters.[4] Before the assailant killed Poyra[2]z, he attempted to set the building on fire.[11]