Family Massacre in Licata: Kills 4 Family Members and Then Commits Suicide

Family massacre in Licata, he kills 4 relatives and then commits suicide. The act at the height of a fight over financial issues.

A 48-year-old man killed four relatives, including two children aged 15 and 11, and then took his own life. The victims were the killer's brother, sister-in-law, and nephews. The incident occurred in a home on Via Riesi. The insane act was reportedly sparked by a financial dispute. The Carabinieri responded to the scene. The alarm was raised by the killer's wife.

The murderer was called Angelo Tardino: he took his own life (while he was on the phone with the police) after having killed, in via Rieti in Licata, in the province of Agrigento, his brother, his sister-in-law and his two nephews, aged 11 and 15 respectively. The murderer's brother was called Diego, his wife Alexandra and his nephews Alessia and Vincenzo.

According to initial reports, it appears that the argument between the brothers was sparked by inheritance issues. The gun used in the massacre was a 9mm caliber. The weapon was recovered and seized.

The little nephew of the mad murderer, Vincenzo Tardino, just 11 years old, was found under the bed wrapped in a blanket.

There are reportedly conflicts related to an inheritance behind the family massacre committed this morning by Angelo Tardino, 48, from Licata. The man had gone early in the morning to the Safarello district, where his brother's country house is located. In the same area, there is land left to him by his father, all cultivated with early produce.

According to the reconstruction of the incident, a violent argument broke out between the two brothers, yet another, over the division of cultivated land. During the argument, Angelo Tardino allegedly pulled out a gun and fired at his brother, his sister-in-law, and their two nephews, aged 15 and 11.

The man then got into his car and fled. Carabinieri from the Licata Company arrived on the scene, reconstructed the incident, and contacted Tardino by phone, who had meanwhile gone to the city center. The officers allegedly tried for a long time to convince him to turn himself in, but during the conversation, the killer allegedly turned the gun used in the massacre on himself and fired, killing himself.

Brothers Diego and Angelo Tardino ran a farm together, and before this morning's massacre, according to Adnkronos, the Carabinieri had been called in several times to break up arguments between the two.