Rome, a 46-year-old man was shot in the legs by two hooded men. The ambush at home: it's serious
FEBRUARY 22, 2023 - 20:01
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The victim's partner alerted 112. The man is in serious condition at the Umberto I polyclinic hospital

Shooting in Tufello , a village north-east of Rome, where a 46-year-old local man was shot in the legs. It happened shortly after 5pm this afternoon, February 22, and the victim was surprised by two men who broke into his home while he was sleeping. The house is located in via Monte Taburno. The authorities were alerted by the man's partner, with whom she lives, and who in these hours is telling the carabinieri her version of the facts. According to her statements, two men armed with balaclavas and pistols knocked directly on the door of the house. The woman thus opened, and they allegedly broke into the apartment and then headed right into the bedroom where the 46-year-old was sleeping. Two shots, in the right and left leg. Then the escape. On the spot, in addition to the mobile team and the scientific police, the 118 rescue personnel intervened and transported the victim to the Umberto I polyclinic with a red code. The man is already known to the authorities due to a drug record. The reasons for what happened are not yet known, nor are the identities of the two perpetrators, which the local police station is investigating. At the moment, no hypothesis is excluded.