A local police officer 22 year old Mortarin the province of Paviadied after being hit to the chest by one bullet started from its own service pistol. The young man had lent the weapon a a friend to show it to him when suddenly a shot was fired, apparently, by mistake.
Traffic policeman hit by his service pistol
The drama occurred on the afternoon of Friday 17 May in a house in Gropello Cairolinear Pavia, in Lomellina.
The call to the single emergency number went out immediately and the 118 health workers soon reached the scene.
Mortara, the place of origin and work of the traffic policeman, is a municipality of 15,000 inhabitants. Gropello Cairoli, where the tragedy occurred, is a town of just over 4,000 inhabitants. Both municipalities are located in the province of Pavia.
Agent died in the operating room
After being stabilized, the 22-year-old was transported under code red to the San Matteo Polyclinic in Pavia.
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The doctors performed an operation in an attempt to save his life, but the young man’s condition was desperate: the 22-year-old, who alone 6 months had taken service in MortaraAnd died in operating room.
The first investigations were carried out by the Carabinieri of Pavia and Vigevano, who reconstructed the dynamics of the events.
Differences with the death of Sofia Stefani
The day before the news reported the case of the death of Sofia Stefani, a 33-year-old former security guard killed in Anzola dell’Emilia, in the province of Bologna, by a shot fired from the service pistol of 63-year-old Giampiero Gualandi, former commander and currently in service in the body.
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The man immediately claimed that the incident was due to a shot fired by mistake while he was cleaning his service pistol. The public prosecutor, however, accuses the man of voluntary homicide with the aggravating circumstances of trivial motives and sentimental ties.
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