He made spontaneous statements confirming to the investigating judge Ermengarda Ferrarese what he confessed to the police: «I shot my wife and my brother» .

Then Alessandro Pintus, 39 years old, in prison for having attempted to kill his wife, Michela Rubiu, 47, by shooting her in the back of the head and leaving her on the brink of death, and for having murdered his brother Andrea Pintus, 42 years old, between Solanas and Quartu in the Cagliari area two days ago, chose the path of silence .

This morning's preliminary hearing before the investigating judge concluded with the arrest warrant. Pintus is charged with premeditated murder and attempted aggravated murder, as well as a second attempted murder , that of an eyewitness who saw him shoot his wife in a bar in Solanas. According to reports , the 39-year-old, leaving the area toward Quartu, attempted to run over the man with his car. To avoid the attack, the witness allegedly jumped onto the sidewalk .

Regarding this attempted murder, according to attorney Ettore Cinus, who, along with his colleague Giangregorio De Pascalis, is representing Pintus, the 39-year-old has not made any statement. "We are waiting to read all the documents in detail to understand what scope there is for developing our defense," Cinus said during the questioning.

This morning, prosecutor Giangiacomo Pilia assigned Dr. Roberto Demontis to perform the autopsy on Andrea Pintus's body . The postmortem examination began at 12:00 PM and concluded before 5:00 PM . Three gunshots struck the 42-year-old, the fatal one hitting him in the chest , leaving him with no chance of escape.

The suspect's wife, Michela Rubiu, is still fighting for her life after being shot in the head. Meanwhile, the Carabinieri of the Quartu Company are continuing their investigation to reconstruct the incident and establish a motive.

(Unioneonline)

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