Hitman who killed Maurizio Gucci shoots his son then turns on himself
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The notorious hitman who assassinated fashion mogul Maurizio Gucci at the request of the respected businessman’s ex-wife reportedly attempted suicide on Tuesday after shooting his son in the face.

Benedetto Ceraulo, 63, is said to have shot his son, Gaetano, 37, amid a family altercation before trying to take his own life in the front yard of his rented residence in Santa Maria a Monte – located just outside of Pisa, according to reports from Italian media. 

Despite sustaining a gunshot wound to his face, Gaetano managed to stay conscious and ‘while bleeding profusely… made his way to his car,’ as detailed by Il Tirreno. 

He then reportedly drove himself to a bar in a town in the nearby province of Valdinievole, where he was picked up by first responders and rushed to a local hospital.

Gaetano is now in stable condition, after receiving treatment at Felice Lotti Hospital.

But Benedetto was left in critical condition, and remains at Cisanello Hospital in Pisa Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, police are continuing to investigate what exactly transpired at the home Benedetto has been living at for the past two years – following his lengthy prison sentence for Gucci’s death.

Benedetto Ceraulo, 63, allegedly shot his son, Gaetano, 37, during a family dispute then turned the pistol on himself in the front yard of his rented home in Santa Maria a Monte - just outside of Pisa

Benedetto Ceraulo, 63, allegedly shot his son, Gaetano, 37, during a family dispute then turned the pistol on himself in the front yard of his rented home in Santa Maria a Monte – just outside of Pisa

He is notorious for shooting dead fashion mogul Maurizio Gucci in March 1995

He is notorious for shooting dead fashion mogul Maurizio Gucci in March 1995

Benedetto was an indebted restaurant owner at the time, when he took Patrizia Reggiani’s – Gucci’s ex-wife’s – offer of 600 million lire to have him killed, according to La Stampa. 

He then worked with two other men to pull off the assassination on March 27, 1995, when Gucci, 46, was arriving for work at his Milan office.

Benedetto was ultimately sentenced to 28 years in prison for the murder, but was granted work release in 2017 and participated in a wine-producing project on the prison island of Gorgona, The Times reports.  

‘You have the chance of learning, I feel lucky,’ he said at the time.

‘Closed in your cell, deprived even of your privacy, people become worse.’

Reggiani, meanwhile, served 17 years in prison for contracting the murder.

She, too, was offered the opportunity of work release in 2011 – but turned it down, saying: ‘I’ve never worked in my life and I don’t intend to start now.’

Gucci's ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani, hired Ceraulo and two other men to kill her ex

Gucci’s ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani, hired Ceraulo and two other men to kill her ex 

She served 17 years in prison for contracting the murder, for which she offered 600 million lire

She served 17 years in prison for contracting the murder, for which she offered 600 million lire

The headline-grabbing crime was recently sensationalized in the film House of Gucci, which family members claimed violated their privacy.

‘We are truly disappointed. I speak on behalf of the family,’ one of Maurizio’s second cousins, Patrizia Gucci, said ahead of the film’s release.

‘They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system,’ she claimed.

‘Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything. But there is a borderline that cannot be crossed.’

Her ancestor, Guccio Gucci, founded the luxury fashion house that bears his name nearly a century ago in Florence.

But the family has not been involved with the fashion house since 1993, when Maurizio sold his remaining stake to the Bahrain-based company, Investcorp.

It was later bought by the French group PPR, which is now Kering. 

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