“A disorganized shooting occurred – will write the head of the Province Piero Parini – The unfortunate individuals had somewhat scattered in a desperate attempt to escape and therefore were hit in all parts of the body.” Eraldo Soncini, despite being wounded, manages to escape and take refuge in the building at via Palestrina 9, where he is reached and killed by the republicans' militias.

The Nazi officer overseeing the execution of the order, obedient to Saevecke's directives, decrees that the mutilated bodies remain exposed for the entire day.

The corpses, after a vigorous intervention by Cardinal Schuster, will be removed only in the afternoon.