on 16 january, the supreme council organised mps to stay overnight at the supreme council building to ensure a quorum in case of need. at 4:45 pm, in another attack on vecmilgrāvis bridge, a driver for the latvian ministry of transport, roberts mūrnieks was shot in the back of the head with an army battle automatic weapon and died from the injury at the riga hospital no. 1 intensive care unit at 6:50 pm, becoming the first fatality at the barricades. two other people were also injured. at 6:30 pm the omon attacked brasa bridge, injuring one person. another bombing took place at 8:45 pm.