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Palermo Pharmacy Worker Shot Dead Outside Workplace as Police Launch Manhunt

Investigators are reviewing CCTV that captured the attack, considering a targeted execution plausible.

Overview

  • The victim, identified as 39-year-old Stefano Gaglio, had worked for 17 years as a warehouse employee at the Sacro Cuore pharmacy in the Noce district.
  • He was shot on the sidewalk around 9 a.m. after parking his scooter and approaching the warehouse entrance following a school drop-off of his children.
  • Reports differ on the number of shots, with accounts citing at least three and possibly four, and one report says he was struck in the back.
  • The Squadra Mobile is searching for the assailant or assailants, with ground patrols supported by a police helicopter canvassing the area from Boccadifalco.
  • External surveillance recorded the killing, investigators view robbery as less likely, and emergency responders were unable to resuscitate him at the scene.