Milan, 27 January (LaPresse) – ‘I aimed at the silhouette.’ This is what the police officer from the Mecenate Police Station said, in summary, when questioned at the Milan Police Headquarters. Last night, in Via Impastato, he shot and killed a 28-year-old foreigner during a drug check in the Rogoredo district of Milan. The statements and reconstruction of events by the police officer, who is currently under investigation for voluntary manslaughter and is being assisted by solicitor Pietro Porciani, were confirmed by the other five officers who intervened at the scene and were on duty, during their testimony to public prosecutor Giovanni Tarzia, who is investigating with the Milan Mobile Squad the events that took place during the police arrest of a second alleged drug dealer, who was also interviewed by the investigators. According to the police officers' accounts, at around 6 p.m., while the officers were arresting the second man in Via Impastato, the 28-year-old approached them pointing a weapon, which later turned out to be loaded with blanks, and continued to approach despite the “halt” order given by the police. Drugs were found on the victim, who had numerous previous convictions for robbery and resisting arrest. The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has ordered an autopsy on the 28-year-old's body, and the investigation will continue with ballistic tests to reconstruct the trajectory and dynamics of the single gunshot.