Naples – The mad armed rush that crossed the streets between Sanità and Piazza Mercato in Naples on the night of October 42th lasted just 24 seconds, culminating in the death of the 15-year-old Emanuel Tufano.
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An urban war dynamic, documented by cameras and reconstructed by investigators from the Flying Squad and the Scientific Police, with the support of wiretaps and testimonies.
Twelve young people, distributed across six scooters departed from via Fontanelle, were headed to Market SquareUnaware of the presence of a rival group behind them, they were chased along via Antonietta De Pace up to via Carminiello al Mercato, where the firefightFive guns were used, dozens of shell casings were found.
Tufano, riding the penultimate scooter of the Sanità group, was hit from the front from a bullet that caused his fall and death. The passenger was also injured minor, MV, shot in the arm.
The images show the group of scooters opening fire while moving: the passengers, with their arms stretched backwards, they shoot wildly. Tufano loses control of the vehicle and falls, also knocking over the last scooter. The two survivors flee on foot and are then picked up by a Mercedes driven by an accomplice. A third young man recovers the scooter and follows the car.
The group in Piazza Mercato was made up of only 4 young people
The rival group, that of the Market, was composed of four young people on two scooters: among them also FA, a minor, who admitted to having shot while hidden behind a dumpster. The Scientific Police found cartridges compatible with his weapon and those used by his accomplices.
After the collision, the six scooters of the Sanità group dispersed among Forcella and Via dei Vergini. The investigations, supported by videos and environmental interceptions, have allowed the identification of many of the protagonists, all very young, some even minors. And among these are the adults of the group of baby camorristi from the Sanità district arrested yesterday by order of the gip, Alexandra Caesar of the 32nd section of the Court of Naples.
It is Francis Auricchio, 20 years old; Christian Scarallo, 19 years old, Mattia Buonafine, 20 years old; Raffaele Criscuolo, 19 years old; Simone Gioffredo, 19 years old; Vincenzo Zerobio, 20 years old; Francis Esposito, 19 years old said little piece and Gennaro De Martino, from the Mercato district group who is already almost 27 years old.
The 20-year-old is also among those under investigation Emanuel During killed by the hand of the Sequino clan of the Sanità district last March as revenge for that shooting and the death of Emanuele Tufano. And finally there are 3 minors from the Mercato district group and three others from Sanità.
The Scientific Police have ascertained that the bullets came from at least five different guns. The fatal shot that hit Tufano occurred in the final part of Carminiello Street at the Market. .
While Tufano's body and his scooter lay on the asphalt, the minor who was injured as well as another minor who fell with the scooter fled on foot, being later rescued by a Mercedes driven by RA. The fallen minor, however, recovered his scooter and followed the car.
The escape after the shooting
The images from the cameras immortalise the escape of the other four scooters of the Sanità group, which were preceding Tufano and NG, who disappeared towards Piazza Calenda in the direction of Forcella. The investigators were able to identify the passengers of these vehicles: Giuseppe Auricchio with Cristian Scarallo, Emanuele Durante with Mattia Buonafine, Raffaele Criscuolo with the minor FPF and Vincenzo Zerobio with Francesco Esposito.
The footage shows how these scooters, having reached Corso Umberto, turned around to take Via Egiziaca in Forcella, then reached Via Duomo, Via Foria and Via dei Vergini, finally returning to the starting point in Via Fontanelle (except for Zerobio and Esposito's scooter, which headed towards Via dei Cristallini).
The Mercato group, composed of four people on two scooters, had stopped at the intersection of via Antonietta de Pace and via Bartolomeo Chioccarelli. the minor AP, riding the first scooter with FA, also a minor, as a passenger, and Gennaro De Martino, who was riding the second with GM on the saddle, had seen their pursuers.
The first two got off the vehicle and moved on foot, while GM and De Martino remained on the scooter. The group reunited in Piazza Mercato, and then disappeared without a trace.
The detailed reconstruction of the events, supported by numerous images and videos analyzed by the judicial police, reveals how the armed clash began in via Antonietta de Pace, about 150 meters from Piazza Mercato, where numerous shell casings were found near a dumpster.
The frames from the surveillance cameras and the videos attached to the report show how the chase and the firefight took place in just 42 seconds. The footage from nearby shops immortalizes the rapid passage of the six scooters of the Sanità group, followed by the two from the Mercato group and a third scooter not involved.
A crucial element emerges from the audio recorded by a camera in a garage on Via Bartolomeo Chioccarelli, where you can clearly hear a rapid sequence of gunshots, screams and the voice of someone urging to “take the vehicle”, a dramatic testimony of the death of Emanuele Tufano.
The subsequent videos immortalize the procession of Sanità scooters, with some passengers appearing with their arms stretched out behind them, as if they were pointing a gun. The passenger of the third scooter, the minor FPF, can be clearly seen firing two shots. The images also show the impact of Tufano's scooter against a parked vehicle and its subsequent fall, which also caused the fall of the last scooter driven by NG. Tufano's loss of balance, in the absence of obstacles on the road, appears reasonably connected to the fatal shot he received.
In addition to the images there is also a witness
The video recordings confirm the escape of MV and NG, rescued shortly after by a car, and the return of G. to recover his scooter. The other four scooters of the Sanità group disappeared towards Forcella, continuing to shoot, as confirmed by the testimony of a passerby of North African nationality who witnessed the final stages of the clash. The Mercato group, on the other hand, had stopped in via Antonietta de Pace, with P. and A. getting off the vehicle, as confirmed by A. himself during questioning, admitting to having shot at the rival group after taking cover behind a dumpster.
The discovery of 6,35 caliber cartridges compatible with A.'s weapon, found both near the dumpster and in the vicinity of the place where Tufano fell, suggests that the other members of the Mercato group, M. and Gennaro De Martino, also opened fire on their opponents.
From the wiretaps contained in the precautionary order that hit the alleged killer (Alexandr Babaylan) and the alleged instigator (Salvatore Pellecchia called Dudù) of the murder of Emanuele Durante instead the name of the person who mistakenly fired the fatal shots against Emanuele Tufano and his minor friend is given. But there is no evidence.
But the one who paid with his life was Emanuele Durante, indicated as a presumed “traitor” in the eyes of the Sequino clan.
(pictured from left: the victim Emanuele Tufano, Mattia Buonafine, Giuseppe Auricchio, Simone Gioffredo, Cristian Scarallo, Francesco Esposito and Gennaro De Martino, the only member of the group in Piazza Mercato)
Article published on May 9, 2025 - 18:35 pm
