“Fatal Shooting in Central Genova: Perpetrator Seeks Refuge in Church”

A boy of about 25 was killed with gunshots a Genova. The murder took place in Via Polleri, in the central areaat the end of one lite. The 118 medical staff intervened on the spot and tried to revive the young man without succeeding. The perpetrator of the shooting he took refuge in a church e he asked a priest to call the police after confessing to him what happened. The murder weapon was allegedly found under a car parked not far from the scene of the murder.

“Call the police, I killed a man” “Call the police, I killed a man”, are the words that the perpetrator of the murder said to the sacristan of the Church of Santissima Annunziata del Vastato immediately after running into the basilica and sitting down on some steps. The sacristan, Jean Pascal Colì, immediately called the police who arrested the man who “wore work gloves”, as he explained.

Area crowded with tourists Via Polleri is currently closed to traffic by the local police and the magistrate on duty Eugenia Menichetti has arrived at the scene of the crime, where the body of the boy killed covered by a white cloth is still present. Piazza della Nunziata, close to via Polleri, was crowded with tourists at the time of the murder.