Lucrezia Ciotti A family tragedy has shaken Brescia: Dolores Dori, 44 years old, was killed In what appears to be a settling of scores inside a Roma camp in Lonato del Garda. According to investigators, the murder was sparked by a feud related to a "forbidden" love affair between young people from rival Sinti families.
The shooting at the Roma camp in Lonato del Garda
On Thursday 2 October, a violent attack took place in the nomad camp of Lonato del Garda, about 30 km east of Brescia and a few steps from Lake Garda. shooting which led to the death of Dolores Dori. According to the investigations, the motive would be linked to a "Forbidden" love between the victim's daughter and a young twenty-year-old resident of the Roma camp on Via Corte Ferrarini. Dolores Dori and her husband, opposed to this relationship, had left Camponogara, in the province of Venice, to bring home their 23-year-old daughter, who had moved to the camp against her family's wishes and was engaged to another man. The confrontation between the two families quickly escalated into a full-blown shootout.
Dolores Dori was with her mother, Amalia Levacovich, 59, and her sixteen-year-old son in a car that, while reversing, crashed through the gate of the area. The two women were reportedly the first to draw their weapons and shoot at the rival family, while the boy filmed the entire scene with his cell phone. The violent escalation of gunfire involved both sides, with bullets even hitting cars parked in the field.
The footage of the minor provided investigators with fundamental elements to start the investigations, leading mother and son arrested on charges of attempted aggravated murder, illegal possession and carrying of weapons, and threats.
Dolores Dori killed in Brescia: mother and minor son arrested
After the shooting, Dolores Dori would have been transported by her husband, who was waiting in another car, in front of the emergency room in Desenzano, where she died a few hours later due to the serious wounds she sustained to her abdomen and leg. The mother and son, who were wearing latex gloves to avoid leaving any traces, disappeared but were arrested on very serious charges.
Meanwhile, the victim's father-in-law and husband remains untraceable, while the police have extended the search to the entire national territory. gypsy camp was placed under seizure and guarded by the Carabinieri, while tensions between the Sinti families in the area grew, fueled by the sentimental motive that sparked the feud.