White mannequin mask, fiery red wig, voice disguised as the distortion: Laika (like the dog that was launched into space on Soviet Sputnik) has enlivened the walls of Rome in recent pandemic years ...

You're taking a real life. This is not a game." IMPD Capt. John Arvin said the scene was still active over an hour later as police used a warrant to search a nearby house for the shooting suspect.