Murder Herculaneum, “burst of shots from short range: victims had no way out”

Murder Herculaneum, “they could not have a chance” Giuseppe and Tullio. This was written by the investigating judge of Naples Carla Sarno in the order with which he ordered the continuation of the precautionary custody in prison against the 53-year-old hauler residing in via Marsiglia who, according to the reconstruction of the investigators, exploded 11 shots from the balcony of his home of a gun against the car, killing the two young men. And at least 26 minutes have passed since the shooting and the call made by Vincenzo Palumbo to the emergency number 112. Read also According to the investigating judge “Palumbo’s will to kill them cold is evident”

and the reconstruction of the facts denotes “an uncontrollable aggression, as well as an alarming obstinacy in the criminal intent”. Reconstruction of the facts that was facilitated by the examination of the videos extrapolated from the surveillance system of Palumbo’s neighbors, from which it emerged that from the moment of the shooting, which took place between 00.25 and 00.28 on 29 October, to the next call made from Palumbo to 112, “at least 26 minutes had passed”. From the examination of the images extrapolated from the video surveillance system of a Palumbo neighbor, it was ascertained that the 53-year-old fired 11 gunshots at the car while it was in motion and was quickly moving away from the place in where the house is located. From the vision of the images, writes the investigating judge, it is clear that “Palumbo was on the balcony of his apartment, which is about 2-3 meters above the road”. Palumbo then “fired from top to bottom aiming at the car”, a circumstance compatible with the finding, by the Carabinieri who rushed to the scene, of bullet entry holes both on the windshield and on the roof of the car. The images, writes the investigating judge again, also “shows that the car of the victims who was moving away was targeted by 11 shots fired by the Palumbo. The victims could not have a chance, considering that the distance of the car on which the two young men were traveling and the barrage of firearms exploded by Palumbo, a subject accustomed to the use of weapons, as a hunter and holder of regular firearms “. After being hit by gunshots, the car in which the two young people were traveling hit a wall. After about 10 minutes, again according to the reconstruction based on the images recorded by the video surveillance system, “we see Palumbo leaving the house, heading towards the car, stopping not far away and then returning home”. Tullio Pagliaro and Giuseppe Fusella used to frequent the area of ​​via Marsiglia, in the locality of San Vito. To explain it were the friends of the two boys, heard by the investigators committed to reconstructing the double murder. A friend explained that Tullio and Giuseppe “had been friends for years and both used to frequent the San Vito area, as some friends live here and usually Tullio went to jog or to play soccer in a field. located not far away “. Another friend reported that the two friends used to go to that area late in the evening because Tullio Pagliaro worked in the family business in the flower market from 3 to 9 in the morning “and therefore usually asked friends to keep him company until that time. ‘now, to avoid going home and falling asleep. “A third friend of the two boys, overheard by the investigators, added that at times, with other friends of the group, he had stopped to talk to Tullio and Giuseppe in that area. .