An old man and two children, aged three and eight, have died

after a person shot them in the town of Ardea, on the outskirts of Rome, and subsequently

barricaded themselves

in an apartment in a housing estate.

According to a first reconstruction, the person who shot fled immediately and barricaded himself in a house, which is now being watched by the Carabineros and neighbors have been asked not to leave their apartments.

It is about a young 34-year-old resident of the area, who had already bothered some neighbors in the past and who

has mental problems,

according to the Italian media.

The reasons why the young man fired up to five shots at the old man and the two children who were in a public park in the town of Ardea, about 35 kilometers south of Rome, is unknown.

Despite the fact that a helicopter and two ambulances were immediately alerted by the neighbors, the old man and one of the two children, aged three and 8, died on the spot, while the other minor was taken to a hospital, but his conditions they were very serious and he died shortly thereafter.

"I have just returned from the place where the incident occurred, the upper part of Colle Romito, a residential neighborhood. Those present and the police tell us that someone heard the shots, the person who may have shot is already identified, it seems to be an unstable person that he had already manifested hostile behavior. It is thought that everything happened because of something trivial. But we still do not know anything precise, "Mario Savarese, mayor of Ardea, told AGI news agency.

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