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At least 2 killed, 1 injured in Milan courthouse shootout

Xinhua, April 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least two people were killed and one injured in a shootout at Milan's courthouse building on Thursday, local media reported.

A judge was among the dead, Rai State television said.

The gunman, Claudio Giardiello, is allegedly an entrepreneur accused of bankruptcy. He has fled the scene and police is hunting him, the report said. Endi