Man shot dead in Baldissero d'Alba (20 September 2026)

During the night between 19 and 20 September 2026, in a farmhouse undergoing renovation on via Roma in Baldissero d'Alba, in the Cuneo area, the owner of the property, 35-year-old haulier Roberto Mollo, woken by suspicious noises coming from the courtyard, opens fire with a legally held pistol at a group of three or four people who had entered the property.¹²⁴ One of the intruders, Gjovalin Lazri, a 36-year-old of Albanian origin living in Turin, is hit and dies instantly; at the time he was wearing a balaclava, gloves and a dark jacket and was carrying a large screwdriver, while three flashlights abandoned by the fleeing group are found in the courtyard.²³ Mollo is under investigation for murder by the Asti public prosecutor's office.¹⁴

On 29 September 2026, under the direction of deputy prosecutor Laura Deodato, a ballistic examination is launched to reconstruct the dynamics of the shooting: the tests, lasting around five hours and carried out with dummy bullets and laser pointers, establish that Mollo fired at least twelve shots with a semi-automatic Steyr 9x21 pistol from a distance of between ten and thirty metres, and that the fatal shot, fired from about fifteen metres, hit the victim in the neck as he tried to flee towards a hedge.³ A second nighttime inspection, to assess visibility and lighting conditions, has yet to be scheduled.³

Related articles: Baldissero d'Alba shooting, Ballistic examination into the death of Gjovalin Lazri in Baldissero d'Alba (September 2026)

Sources

1. ANSA Piemonte
2. CronacaQui Torino
3. TorinoToday — 30 September 2026
4. ANSA Piemonte — 29 September 2026