Young man killed in Parco Rogoredo, the policeman who shot him is under investigation for voluntary manslaughter
The officers were engaged in an anti-drug operation. The young man was a North African already known to the police
A 28-year-old Moroccan with previous convictions for drug dealing, resistance to public officials and other offences was the man killed by a policeman in the late afternoon in Via Impastato in Milan. According to information, the officers were carrying out anti-drug controls in the Rogoredo area, known for the phenomenon, both in plain clothes and in uniform. They were deciding whether to arrest an alleged drug dealer who was resisting when the 28-year-old man approached them, pulled out a gun, later found to be blank, and pointed it at the officers, one of whom reacted by shooting and hitting him in the head. The man died almost instantly. This is an initial reconstruction of what happened in Via Impastato in Milan, in the Rogoredo district where the so-called 'drug forest' is located.
The investigation, conducted by the Police Mobile Squad, is being coordinated by the duty Public Prosecutor Giovanni Tarzia, who went to the scene, and is also being followed directly by Prosecutor Marcello Viola. Investigators in the investigation will also have to listen to the version of the officer who fired in order to reconstruct the entire dynamics of what happened.
The shooting officer is being investigated for voluntary manslaughter
The policeman who shot and killed a 28-year-old Moroccan man in Milan, who allegedly pointed a gun at him that turned out to be blank, is being questioned at the Questura in Milan in the investigation to reconstruct what happened. The police officer is being investigated for voluntary manslaughter. The police officer is assisted by lawyer Pietro Porciani.
Lega, solidarity with police after shooting, now security package
"Solidarity with the women and men in uniform who defend decent citizens every day. The hope is that, in the face of the tragedy that has just occurred in Milan, no officer will unjustly end up in the meat mincer. The League reiterates the need for the security package, also to help the police to protect citizens with ever greater effectiveness'. Thus a note from the Lega after the shooting in which a 20-year-old man lost his life this evening in Milan.
