Three arrests have been made for the murder of Davide Fiorucci, the Boscoreale pizza chef gunned down outside his home on the night of February 11, 2024. Carabinieri officers from the Torre Annunziata branch, acting on orders from the Naples District Anti-Mafia Directorate, yesterday morning executed a precautionary detention order against Carmine Gallo, 31, Ivan Maione, 48, and Nunzio Della Ragione, 38, who are believed to be responsible, to varying degrees, for the deadly attack.
The charges are aggravated voluntary manslaughter and illegal possession and carrying of a firearm, crimes aggravated by mafia methods. According to investigators' reconstruction, the crime was based on a €20 debt, accrued over time from a loan of a few hundred euros taken out years earlier by the victim's father.
The ambush under the house
It was just after midnight when Fiorucci returned home, in the Piano Napoli neighborhood of Boscoreale, after a night's work at the family pizzeria. Dropped off by his brothers-in-law near the driveway, he walked up to the front door and rang the intercom. His partner answered from inside. Immediately afterward, the silence was shattered by gunshots.
A lightning-fast ambush, carried out in a matter of seconds: six gunshots, fired at close range, which hit the 29-year-old mainly in the face, leaving him with no escape.
The turning point in the investigation
The breakthrough came thanks to months of investigative work, coordinated by the DDA and reconstructed in a 105-page precautionary measure signed by investigating judge Michaela Sapio, who speaks of an "alarming context."
According to the judge, the murder was part of the criminal control exercised by the Tasseri group, the parent company of the so-called Gallo-Limelli-Vangone holding company, active in the Piano Napoli area and in particular on Via Settermini.
Carmine Gallo, alias 'o Relative, indicated as the perpetrator, allegedly acted with the support of Ivan Maione, his step-grandfather, and Nunzio Della Ragione. The key motive was an old debt incurred in 2010 by the victim's father with the Gallo-Colantuono family, initially amounting to €500, which had ballooned over the years to €20. When he refused to pay, the clan allegedly decided to target his son.
Pressure and intimidation
Davide Fiorucci, despite some legal troubles as a teenager, had distanced himself from certain circles for years. Since 2015, as prosecutors note, he had devoted himself exclusively to work, opening the "Real Wood" pizzeria on Via Giovanni Della Rocca with his brother.
It was there, in October 2023, that Gallo and Della Ragione allegedly showed up to demand payment. The escalation culminated on October 23, when shots were fired at the door of Davide's father's home. At the end of November, a new raid on the premises was carried out to collect the money.
Terrified, the brothers decided to close the pizzeria for three days. But the threats didn't stop. Wiretaps and video surveillance footage allowed investigators to reconstruct every step, right down to the family members' crucial statements.
Confessions
On March 5, a conversation intercepted by the Carabinieri between the victim's mother and wife revealed the tragedy: "For 500 euros, you had my son killed," the woman said, referring to her ex-partner.
When cornered, on April 4th, Mariano Fiorucci confirmed the motive to investigators. That same day, his widow recounted a disturbing detail: during the days the pizzeria was closed, Gallo and Della Ragione drove past their house on a scooter. Gallo, looking at Davide, made the sign of the cross.
A harbinger of death that, a few weeks later, would turn into a final sentence.
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Comments (2)
It's incredible how such stories can happen so close to us. A person's life was ruined by a debt; it's an unacceptable and very sad situation. There needs to be more control over these situations.
The news of Davide Fiorucci's murder is truly tragic. The details of the attack and the debt suggest the gravity of the situation in that area. We hope justice can take its course.