Milan, January 27 (LaPresse) – "I said 'Stop, Police,' and then he pulled out his gun. My intention was to chase him because it's a pattern that happens all the time. I was just starting off. He had his hand in his pocket, he pulled out his gun and pointed it at me, I was about to sprint forward, I pulled out my gun and fired a shot." This was stated in the statement by the police officer from the Mecenate police station in Milan, who is being investigated for voluntary homicide for shooting in the head an alleged drug dealer from the Rogoredo woods on Via Impastato on Monday evening during a plainclothes drug control operation. The officer told prosecutor Giovanni Tarzia, assisted by lawyer Pietro Porciani, that he was "very scared" despite "many years of service, in the police force, I saw something and I did something." "When we got within about 20 meters, the person stopped," he added, reconstructing the incident. "We identified ourselves by saying 'police stop,' and he pulled a gun out of his right pocket and pointed it at me. In the meantime, I had opened my jacket and taken a step to start chasing him. I pulled the gun from my waistband and fired a shot at the subject." After hitting him, he approached the body: "He was face up, lying on the ground with the gun six inches from his hand," he said, referring to the Beretta loaded with blanks. "I felt the need to move the gun away because the person was gasping for air and the gun was within his reach, but I don't remember exactly." The emergency services arrived after "about 10 minutes."