An armed man barricaded himself in a house in the San Giovanni a Teduccio neighborhood of Naples.
This is what was reported by the Police Headquarters.
Officers are on site to reconstruct what happened and whether there are other people inside the house.
The man barricaded himself in the house in via Raffaele Testa, in the San Giovanni a Teduccio district, in the eastern area of Naples.
The first intervention units and a negotiator from the State Police went to the scene.
We are trying to reconstruct the dynamics of what happened and whether there were people involved.
He shot into the air from the balcony of his home and then locked himself in the house where he is now barricaded.
Moments of panic this morning in via Raffaele Testa, in the San Giovanni aTeduccio district.
The police are on site.
According to what some neighbors reported, the man once worked as a security guard but then lost his job perhaps following the attempted theft of his gun during which he was also injured.
According to what he understands, he has three children, two of whom were at school this morning, the third on a class trip.
It is not yet clear whether the man's wife is inside the house or not.
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