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Gabriel Izzo (58) was a relative of a renowned transport businessman. He resisted an assault in his house and shot himself with four criminals.
Gabriel Izzo, businessman and member of a renowned family in the Merlo area, died this morning during a shootout with a group of thieves who entered his home to rob him while he slept.
The event occurred at 4:20 this Friday in a house on Calle Italia 1085 in Padua, in the Merlo district, when Izzo was resting with his wife, Silvana Petinari, who was injured in the abdomen and face.
Silvana was the daughter of Pedro Petinari, one of the founders of the firm Acoplados Petinari. The company, managed by the family and where Izzo worked, is dedicated to the field of metalworking, especially the production of trailers, tippers and semi-trailers.
Gabriel Izzo, the businessman murdered in Padua
They have a 15-hectare industrial park with 33,000 m2 covered in Merlo. For this reason it was one of the best known families in the area.
Izzo had a great passion, which was cycling. On his social networks he shared the photos of the races in which he participated and the times he achieved aboard his Mountain Bike.
He also liked motorcycles. He owned a high-end BMW motorcycle with which he also did trips. With it he had traveled Route 40, Mar del Plata but he had also had the chance to visit Spain and Portugal.
Cycling was another of Izzo’s hobbies.
One of the last photos on his Instagram profile was with his wife touring Morocco on a motorcycle. They had also traveled to Rio de Janeiro, New York. Traveling was another of his passions.
How was the attack on the businessman from Padua
The event occurred at 4:20 this Friday in a house on Calle Italia 1085 in Padua, in the Merlo district, when Izzo and his wife were resting and were surprised by the entry of armed robbers.
According to police sources, there were four criminals and they arrived at the scene in a silver-gray Volkswagen Gol car driven by a fifth man. In that vehicle they fled and now they are wanted with a large operation.
The criminals entered the house after forcing an American-style wooden blind from the front of the property, on Calle Italia.
The victim’s wife was identified as Silvana Petinari, 55, who gave details to the police about how the violent episode was.
The woman specified that as soon as they entered the house, the criminals beat her and caused a serious injury to her right eye. This morning she was admitted to the Merlo hospital with a reserved prognosis.
The house on Calle Italia in San Antonio de Padua. Photo: Luciano Thieberger.
Izzo tried to resist and before they could hold him down with the seals that the criminals had taken, he took a Bersa-type weapon from his property and faced the shots. The businessman was shot in the face and died in the kitchen.
At the home was also Elsa, the mother of Silvia Petinari, 83, who was in another room and did not suffer or see anything that happened.
The first views of the security cameras in the area showed that the four criminals were hanging around the place before breaking the blind in front of the house and finally fled after the shooting in a Volkswagen car driven by a fifth criminal.
