Alexandru died by mistake at the age of 14 , having turned 14 last December 26th. Last night he was with his mother's partner, who "loved him like a son".
The group of 5-6 Romanians, the investigators reconstructed, had an argument outside a bar with another group of compatriots, probably nomads , for trivial reasons, and there would have been some slaps and shoving. Then the two groups met in the Pantano metro square, on the outskirts of Rome. It was a trap: while Alexandru's group was there a car arrived from which gunshots were fired .
Maybe just a warning, an intimidation after that argument, but two shots hit the 14 year old in the chest killing him . The car then moved away, the Frascati police are dealing with the case and have already identified three people who are wanted.
Alexandru was thin, he had straight jet black hair combed forward like boys his age, and delicate facial features. In the photos he is always composed, even when he blows out the 14 candles of his last birthday on a cake full of cream at his house. On the TikTok profile, where his back is turned, and he is wearing a black jacket with a red bull on his back, he is leaning on a railing and looking thoughtfully at a park in front of him: perhaps he is thinking about the football he loved so much and which he played with friends as soon as he could. But he also liked motorcycles and boxing. And he loved his little dog .
Alexandru lived in Montecompatri, «he was a not good boy, more than good», his uncle Ionut describes him, trying to hold back tears. «He died for no reason. They took his life for nothing - he says still in disbelief -. He went to school and played football. He didn't go on the streets, he wasn't around drugs. My brother is my mother's partner, he was like a son to him. She was with him last night because she wanted to go to sleep with another uncle."
Then he adds: "I have suspicions about who may have killed my nephew but there are investigations, the police will find out who it was." The 14-year-old lived in a house on the ground floor of a residential building. A life as a teenager: football and school, he attended the eighth grade at the Domenico Savio school. He would be going to high school next year.
In a reel posted on TikTok someone had filmed him sitting at his class desk during recess while looking at his phone. As soon as he realized he was being filmed, he turned away with a surprised face. But always with grace. He also had a little dog, Kendra, who continued to bark at the front door throughout the day waiting for Alexandru, who often took her for a walk . Those who knew him speak of him as a "kind, quiet, very polite, even very shy" boy. A little boy who took care of his two younger brothers.
His family had been living in Monte Compatri about two years ago and had integrated well. There are many on social media talking about Alexandru's death: "You can't be killed like that at just 14 years old" , many comment, leaving heart or flower-shaped emojis and condolences to the family.
(Unioneonline/L)
