Overview
- The victim, Gaetano Russo, was stabbed multiple times shortly after midnight inside his salumeria-bakery on Piazza Sabotino in Sarno.
- Police identified the suspect as Andrea Sirica, who barricaded himself in the shop before being arrested without resistance in a confused state.
- He has been placed in custody at Fuorni prison in Salerno and is accused of homicide.
- Initial talk of a robbery has shifted to inquiries into a confrontation in the shop and whether substance use contributed to the attack.
- Forensic officers worked through the night under the Nocera Inferiore prosecutor’s direction as the mayor voiced condolences and local events were canceled.