Overview
- President Sergio Mattarella attended the commemoration in the piazza bearing Willy's name and praised him as an example honored with the gold medal for civic valor.
- Before the ceremony, Mattarella met Willy's mother, Lucia, and sister, Milena, at Palazzo Morandi.
- In his address he quoted Martin Luther King — “hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence” — and urged vigilance against indifference and rancor, including on social media.
- Willy, 21, died in 2020 after stepping in to calm a fight in Colleferro.
- Judicial proceedings most recently advanced in March 2025, when the Appello bis sentenced Marco Bianchi to life and Gabriele Bianchi to 28 years, with convictions also recorded for Francesco Belleggia and Mario Pincarelli.