Overview
- Fabio Ascione, 20, was shot near the bar Lively on via Carlo Miranda in Ponticelli, with the attack around 5:00 to 5:10 a.m. Tuesday, and he died after being rushed to Villa Betania.
- Investigators say unknown assailants fired multiple shots, with early accounts pointing to a scooter, though one report notes they may have used a car.
- The Carabinieri’s Naples mobile patrol and the Poggioreale operations unit are leading the case and are reviewing private security cameras because the area lacks public surveillance.
- No arrests or firm motive have been identified, and detectives are testing an initial lead that the shooting could tie to a dispute between local criminal groups.
- Local reporting places the scene in a quarter long shaped by rival clans, once linked to the Sarno network and now considered a De Micco stronghold.