Francesco De Martino, a 49-year-old convicted felon, is hospitalized at Villa Betania Hospital in Ponticelli after being taken to the emergency room after being attacked. According to the reconstruction, the man was shot outside his home on Via Montale and taken to the emergency room by an acquaintance. His life is not in danger, having been struck by a single bullet in the buttock. De Martino was reportedly part of a group of men who were armed and ready to carry out an ambush yesterday morning. They may have targeted Ciro Cerrato, a convicted felon from Ponticelli who was being checked by law enforcement at that very moment. De Martino is the father of Antonio, currently in prison for the murder of Salvatore Sollo and suspected of being the perpetrator of the ambush that cost the life of Nunzia D'Amica. His wife, Carmela Ricci, is also in prison for possessing De Micco clan weapons in her home. Their other son, Gennaro, is also in prison for being a member of the "Tatuati" clan of Ponticelli. He will likely be released soon and will return to prison immediately: he was on leave and is serving a sentence for Camorra association.
The ambush took place around 18.45:11 p.m., still in broad daylight and with many people on the street. The victim reported to the judicial team of the Ponticelli police station, led by Deputy Commissioner Vittorio Porcini, that two unknown men on a scooter had opened fire. Both with their full-face helmets pulled down over their faces, and therefore unrecognizable, they had suddenly appeared, approached him quickly and shot him without saying anything. There are no video surveillance cameras on site and at the moment there are no eyewitnesses able to provide significant details. The prelude to De Martino's wounding was another ambush, but this time it was foiled and prevented thanks to the arrival of the police in the morning. At 30am the police officers of the judicial team of the Ponticelli police station (under the orders of Commissioner Maria Maione and coordinated by Deputy Commissioner Vittorio Porcini) went to check the home of Ciro Cerrato, who on 4 April escaped an ambush near his home. On that occasion, numerous gunshots were fired that hit a wall intended for him. The investigators were in plain clothes and the 2 men on two motorcycles who suddenly arrived armed did not see them immediately. Thus began a chase during which the fugitives freed themselves of their hoods, making a serious mistake. In fact, they were recognized and, not having been found at home shortly after, reported as untraceable. One was Francesco De Martino, another Umberto Dello Iacolo, both already known as close to the De Miccos, while the other XNUMX are characters of lesser importance. The police are sure that they were armed and so the complaint was filed for carrying and possession of firearms in competition. And in the evening the rivals' response arrived, before the police managed to intercept De Martino and the others. The only lead followed by the investigators of the police headquarters' flying squad led by the manager Luigi Rinella and in particular the "Homicide" group (follows Naples east) is the Ponticelli war, which seemed to have ended with the complete predominance of the Minichini-De Luca Bossa, allies of the Rinaldis of San Giovanni a Teduccio and the Aprea of Barra. Instead the "Bodos", led by the De Martinos, are once again putting up strong resistance.
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