A preliminary investigations judge
said Wednesday that there was evidence Claudio Campiti, the
57-year-old man accused of murdering four women and injuring
three other people in a shooting spree in Rome on Sunday, had
been planning the attack for a long time.
Explaining the decision to keep Campiti in jail, the judge said
the suspect had shown "no signs of remorse" during questioning,
which suggested that he would "non desist from more violent and
bloody conduct" if released.
The massacre took place during at a meeting of owners of
properties in a residential complex.
It could have been worse as Campiti had 170 bullets and a second
cartridge with him, but was unable to use them as other
participants in the meeting managed to stop and restrain him
until the police arrived.
Campiti had long been at odds with the management of the complex
and had been denied a gun permit for having repeatedly issued
threats.
He stole the murder weapon from a Rome shooting range that he
was a member of.
This has raised questions about how Campiti was able to access
these guns even though he had been denied a permit and about the
procedures that enabled him to sneak the weapon out of the
range.
Prosecutors have charged him with premeditated mass murder.
He had 6,000 euros and a rucksack full of clothes with him on
Sunday, suggesting he intended to go on the run after the
massacre.
The fact that he had so much money also appears odd as he had
reportedly been claiming the 'citizenship-wage' minimum income
benefit since 2020.
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