Overview
- The shooting, which tore through Spaghetteria n.1 on Thursday night, left 62-year-old head waiter Angelo Pizzi dead at the scene.
- Two masked gunmen burst in and fired about 15 shots during dinner service as diners, including British tourists, scrambled for cover.
- Investigators say the gunmen likely sought the owner, a man with prior convictions, and killed the waiter by mistaken identity.
- The anti-mafia prosecutors’ office, known as the DDA, is leading the probe and reviewing CCTV and forensic evidence, with no arrests reported.
- Witnesses, including a group of British tourists, gave statements as police search for the gunmen and the mayor urged residents to stand “with heads held high and without fear”.