Leonardo Rizzuto shot in Laval
Leonardo Rizzuto, the youngest son of the late reputed Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, was injured in a taking pictures on a Laval freeway in broad daylight on Wednesday.
A police supply confirmed to Noovo Data that Rizzuto, 53, was shot within the leg whereas inside a automobile. Round 4:40 p.m., he was driving a black Mercedes on Freeway 440, close to Freeway 13 in Laval, when somebody from one other shifting automobile shot at his automotive.
A black Mercedes is riddled with bullet holes on the scene of a taking pictures in Laval on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. A police supply confirmed to Noovo Data Leonardo Rizzuto was injured within the leg through the taking pictures. Police say the sufferer is predicted to outlive. (Cosmo Santamaria/CTV Information)
He managed to drive off the freeway and park his automotive within the car parking zone of the Yves Légaré Funeral Complicated, close to rue Principale.
A black Mercedes remained on the scene Wednesday night. Many of the bullet holes had been on or close to the entrance driver-side window. The tires of the automobile had been additionally punctured.
Rizzuto’s older brother, Nicolo Rizzuto Jr., was assassinated in a taking pictures in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood in 2009. The next yr, his grandfather, Nicolo Sr., was shot in his residence by a sniper.
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Early Wednesday night, a spokesperson for Laval police instructed CTV Information the taking pictures investigation had been turned over to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
Surete du Quebec officers attend the scene of a taking pictures within the car parking zone of the Yves Legare Funeral Complicated in Laval on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (Cosmo Santamaria/CTV Information)
SQ spokesperson Stephane Tremblay didn’t affirm the id of the sufferer within the taking pictures however stated that the most important crime unit is investigating.
Police don’t worry for the sufferer’s life.
‘REVENGE DOES NOT EXPIRE’: EXPERT
An try on the late mob boss’ son is important to these following the organized crime scene in Montreal.
Antonio Nicaso, a Queen’s College lecturer and skilled on the Calabrian Mafia, stated he believes the taking pictures is the results of longstanding grudges between rival teams and that somebody wished to ship a transparent message.
“I’ve all the time stated: on the planet of organized crime, revenge doesn’t expire,” he stated in an interview with CTV Information.
“The goal is an enormous one. Whoever decides to focus on Leonardo Rizzuto is almost definitely somebody who needs to fully take away the Rizzuto crime household from the crime scene in Montreal.”
Antonio Nicaso is a Queen’s College lecturer and skilled on the Calabrian Mafia. (Joe Lofaro/CTV Information)
Specialists say the loss of life of Vito Rizzuto in 2013 created an influence vacuum with tried murders focusing on key figures within the legal underworld. The Rizzutto household has now been the goal of two assassinations and one tried homicide, and stay targets to today.
“Vito and Rizzuto household dominated the legal scene of Montreal because the 70s when Nick Rizzuto, masterminded the killing of the Violi brothers. We’re speaking a few household with worldwide connections, nicely acknowledged worldwide with the connection in Italy, in Latin America, in a position to make investments the proceeds of crime in lots of international locations,” stated Nicaso, who has written greater than 30 books on organized crime.
“So taking pictures Leonardo Rizzuto was a call of people that actually wish to problem the Rizzuto household. In any other case, you do not simply select that form of goal.”
As of late Wednesday night time, Quebec provincial police stated the investigation into the taking pictures was ongoing.
