Summary A 49-year-old Italian wanted to kill himself after the shooting but ran out of bullets.
ROME (AP) - Italy s interior minister says the shooting that seriously wounded two policemen in a square outside the premier s office in Rome was a "tragic criminal gesture by an unemployed man."
A female passer-by was slightly injured in the shooting, which happened just as Premier Enrico Letta and his new government were being sworn in Sunday elsewhere in the city.
Interior Minister Angelino Alfano told reporters the alleged gunman Luigi Preiti, a 49-year-old Italian wanted to kill himself after the shooting but ran out of bullets. The minister says Preiti fired six shots.
Italy s new Interior Minister Angelo Alfano said Sunday that a shooting that took place in Rome as the new cabinet was being sworn in was an "isolated incident."
"The tragic and criminal act this morning was carried out by an unemployed 49-year-old man who showed signs of wanting to commit suicide," Alfano said about the shooting, in which two policemen were injured.
