Ardea shooting

June 2021 mass shooting in Ardea, Lazio, Italy

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Ardea shooting

Location| Viale Corona Boreale, Colle Romito, Ardea, Lazio, Italy
Coordinates| 41°32′59″N 12°35′03″E﻿ / ﻿41.549599°N 12.584055°E﻿ / 41.549599; 12.584055
Date| 13 June 2021
~11:00 am GMT+2
Weapons| 7.65mm Beretta 81 pistol
Deaths| 4 (including the perpetrator)
Perpetrator| Andrea Pignani

The Ardea shooting was a mass shooting incident that occurred on 13 June 2021, in Colle Romito, Ardea, Lazio, Italy.

## Shooting

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On the morning of 13 June 2021, at about 11:00 am (GMT+2), a man opened fire at a local park located on Via Corona Boreale in Ardea. He targeted random civilians who were passing through the area. A total of three people were shot, all of whom died: an elderly man on a bicycle who was killed at the scene, and two children who died after being admitted to a hospital.[1][2] A fourth person was also targeted but escaped unharmed. The attacker fled the scene and barricaded himself at his home before committing suicide.

The attacker was identified as 35-year-old Andrea Pignani, a local resident. Pignani suffered from mental health problems, and was known for previous crimes and threats, including one where he threatened his mother with a knife.[3] The gun used in the shooting was owned by his father, a former security guard, who died months prior to the incident. All the victims were targeted at random and had no connection to the attacker.[4]

## See also

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* List of mass shootings in Italy

## References

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1. ^ "Strage di Ardea, "Salvatore gli ha detto: Fermati, che fai? E lui me l'ha ucciso": Il dolore della moglie di Ranieri". 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
2. ^ "Strage Ardea, il killer ha sparato alle prime persone che ha incontrato. I familiari di Pignani: "Non trovavamo la pistola"". Tgcom24. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
3. ^ "Ardea, perché l'assassino aveva la pistola? Un anno fa l'aggressione alla madre con un coltello". Il Messaggero. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
4. ^ "Two children and an old man killed in shooting incident near Rome". Reuters. 13 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-06-14.

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