Overview
- A 59-year-old man was hit in the chest by a spear- or harpoon-like projectile in the Iperal supermarket parking lot in Carvico on Monday, May 25, and the driver who fired from a passing car fled the scene.
- Bystanders, including a doctor, gave emergency first aid and the man was taken to Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital in Bergamo in codice giallo, meaning his injuries are serious but not immediately life-threatening.
- Carabinieri from the Calusco d'Adda station and the Zogno company opened an investigation and are urgently reviewing multiple surveillance cameras plus witness accounts to identify the vehicle and the shooter.
- Witness reports differ on the exact weapon and how the shot was fired, with some describing a fishing fiocina (harpoon) and others an arrow, a discrepancy investigators hope to resolve with camera footage.
- The probe will seek to determine whether the attack was targeted or the act of a random assailant and investigators say vehicle images and clearer witness testimony are the next leads to watch.