He was sentenced to death after a show trial and on 25 March 1941, he was shot on NKVD premises 61 Brivibas Street, buried in the mass grave in Ulbroka (Stopiņi) together with other victims of the shooting.
He was found guilty of death after a fabricated trial and on 25 March 1941, he was murdered on NKVD property at 61 Brivibas Street, laid to rest in a communal grave in Ulbroka with other shooting victims.