Runaway robber shoots cops and injures two, one is code red

Far west scenes in Taranto, where two agents of the local police station were injured by a few gunshots exploded by a man in a car they were chasing.

A policeman was slightly injured in one hand, the other's condition was serious, hit by a bullet in the side and taken to hospital in code red. But from what we learn, fortunately, even the latter is not in danger of life.

The man who shot him, Leo Varallo, got out of the car and attempted to escape on foot before being blocked and arrested after driving a hundred meters. The agents chased him because he had just robbed a dealership, running away with the car keys after an argument with the owner of the business.

The firefight took place in Viale Magna Grecia, at the height of a bar, where the police reached him after being alerted. In broad daylight, around 11.30, and in front of numerous passers-by.

The gunshots smashed the windshield and driver's side window of the officers' service car. The area of the shooting was cordoned off and closed to traffic, numerous shells were recovered on the asphalt.

“Only thanks to a miracle did the two colleagues save their lives. Our most real solidarity goes to them, in the hope that they can heal in the shortest time and that they can, above all, overcome the shock of being shot at, at such a height that they could have died ", says Valter Mazzetti, Secretary General Fsp State Police, asking that the arrested - "unscrupulous offender" - be challenged for the double attempted murder.

(Unioneonline / L)