Rigels Gjinaj, the 34-year-old Albanian who, on the evening of September 16, 2022 , shot his compatriot Emanual Rroku to death in a bar in Milan , risks life imprisonment .
The public prosecutor, Ciro Caramore , requested the maximum sentence for him from the Court.
How did the event happen?
On the evening of September 16, 2022, Rroku was sitting at the outdoor tables of a bar along Via Allea Comunale in Turbigo. There arose an argument with Rigels, which culminated when the latter pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and fired at least three times.
A bullet hit his 23-year-old compatriot, leaving him dead, while two others were injured. According to the incident, reconstructed by the investigations, a man had hit a woman inside the bar.
Some of those present had intervened to stop him, while Rigelsi had intervened to protect his friend from that crowd.
During the fight, a volley of bullets were fired from the 34-year-old's gun, and one of them hit Rroku in the carotid artery.
The 23-year-old died shortly after arriving at the hospital in Legnano, while the 34-year-old was admitted to the hospital due to the severe beatings he received during the fight.
The expertise found that the fatal shot was fired from a distance of 25 to 45 centimeters, hit Rroku's pendant and was deflected towards his neck.
"I didn't want to kill anyone, I would like to go back and erase all this pain," said Rigels, who ended up in prison for murder.