A shot accidentally fired by a colleague who was cleaning his gun at the end of the exercises at the Soddì shooting range. Thus died Sergio Di Loreto, 48 years old from Agrigento, assistant chief coordinator of the State Police.
The agent had been in Sardinia for a few days to take part in the stock update course at the Caip in Abbasanta. In the early afternoon the accident occurred: the shot reached the policeman between the abdomen and chest. Rescue was immediate and he was transported by helicopter to the hospital in Ghilarza, but any attempt to save his life was in vain.
Di Loreto, married and with two children, had worked in the escort department of the Rome Police Headquarters and then that of the Viminale, before returning to Agrigento, where he worked in the vehicle office of the Police Headquarters.
"A scrupulous colleague, respected and well liked by everyone, a great professional", described Vincenzo Chianese, national secretary of the police union Es.
The police commissioner of Oristano, Giuseppe Giardina, and the magistrate on duty also arrived at the shooting range.
(Unioneonline / ss)
