King Umberto later decorated Bava-Beccaris, complimenting him upon his "brave defense of the royal house", as a result of which Bresci became determined to kill the king. Bresci had his loan to the paper returned (without telling his comrades why) and with the money he went to Italy. In Monza, where the king was visiting on July 29, 1900, he shot him four times with a five-shot .32 revolver.