Italian Mafia Patriarch Killed...

[FrostedxB]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40129987/ns/world_news-americas/?GT1=43001

An 86-year-old alleged Mafia patriarch, Nicolo Rizzuto, was gunned down in his Montreal home, the latest blow to a once-formidable criminal organization.

Rizzuto was shot at least once at around 5:40 p.m. EST Wednesday, according to police. Rizzuto was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived.

Montreal police spokesman Raphael Bergeron told The Associated Press on Thursday that Rizzuto was shot by a lone gunman who was hiding in the woods outside Rizzuto's residence.

Nick Rizzuto Jr., Vito's son and Nicolo's grandson and namesake, was shot to death outside his Montreal home last Dec. 28.

Paolo Renda, 70, a top lieutenant and a member of the Rizzuto family by marriage, mysteriously vanished close to his Montreal home in May. Renda was considered the No. 3 in the operation, the "consigliere" or councilor, and is married to Nicolo Rizzuto Sr.'s daughter, Maria.

Another high-ranking member, Agostino ****rera, was gunned down in June.

One Canadian Mafia expert said the motives behind the slaying couldn't be clearer.

"I don't know who killed Nicolo Rizzuto, but whoever did it wants to remove the Rizzuto crime family from the Canadian underworld map,"

Antonio Nicaso, an author and journalist, said from Toronto.

"I think with his murder, it's like an end of an era in the Canadian underworld."

Supposedly the guy was liked/respected by many. Guess it doesn't matter when the Mafia decides to clean house.

 

[Mr. Djees]

I like that "Cun trera" got censored.

 

[Danimal]

Supposedly the guy was liked/respected by many. Guess it doesn't matter when the Mafia decides to clean house.

No shit he was a Mafia Patriarch.

 

[ríomhaire]

Is it bad that every time I think of someone killed in Canada the investigation must be like this:

I know Fargo isn't in Canada.