Italian gunman surrenders
- 12 years ago
ROUGH CUT NO REPORTER NARRATION
A man armed with a rifle and two pistols who took hostages at a tax collection office in the town of Romano di Lombardia in northern Italian on Thursday (May 3) surrendered to police after a five hour stand off.
Carabinieri military police cordoned off the area around the building at the local office of Equitalia, which collects fines and taxes.
The man, who police identified only as Luigi, initially took 15 hostages, and even fired one shot. After less than an hour he released all but one hostage and began talks with police.
Earlier the gunman, who is believed to be in his fifties, shouted that he was in financial trouble and threatened to shoot himself.
A man armed with a rifle and two pistols who took hostages at a tax collection office in the town of Romano di Lombardia in northern Italian on Thursday (May 3) surrendered to police after a five hour stand off.
Carabinieri military police cordoned off the area around the building at the local office of Equitalia, which collects fines and taxes.
The man, who police identified only as Luigi, initially took 15 hostages, and even fired one shot. After less than an hour he released all but one hostage and began talks with police.
Earlier the gunman, who is believed to be in his fifties, shouted that he was in financial trouble and threatened to shoot himself.