Lodi, 39-year-old man stopped by the Carabinieri while attempting to climb over a fence dies of illness

Lodi – Stopped by the Carabinieri, he fell ill and died in the hospital, where he had been taken after receiving first aid from the police. It happened in Lodi.

The 39-year-old man from Lodi was stopped by police around 4:40 this morning on Via Vittime della Violenza, after residents called 112 to report the suspicious presence of a person trapped against the perimeter wall of a house and acting out.

When the Carabinieri arrived, the 39-year-old was in a state of severe agitation, pinned to the ground because he was screaming and struggling. During the restraint phase, he went into cardiac arrest. The Carabinieri themselves administered first aid with a defibrillator from the police car that had arrived to assist him, before transporting him to the hospital in serious condition, where he died a few hours later. The Prosecutor's Office is taking testimony from the Carabinieri and listening to the calls to 112.

The 39-year-old, known to law enforcement, has been ordered to undergo an autopsy. The Lodi prosecutor's office is currently investigating.